Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for tigervnc in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 addressing three vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server component. These include two heap buffer overread/data leakage issues (CVE-2024-31080 and CVE-2024-31081) and one use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-31083). The vulnerabilities could lead to data leakage or memory corruption. Red Hat has released patches to fix these issues. The update is rated with an important security impact and affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 variants.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
TigerVNC, a suite of VNC servers and clients used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, contains three security vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server package: heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080) and ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081), and a user-after-free in ProcRenderAddGlyphs (CVE-2024-31083). These vulnerabilities can cause memory safety issues such as data leakage and use-after-free conditions. Red Hat has released security updates to address these flaws in tigervnc packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The advisory references bugzilla entries and provides updated package versions for remediation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to cause memory corruption or data leakage in the xorg-x11-server component used by tigervnc, potentially compromising confidentiality or stability of the affected system. The issues are rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official patches for these vulnerabilities in tigervnc for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Users should apply the provided security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:2080 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Red Hat Security Advisory: tigervnc security update
Description
Red Hat has issued a security advisory for tigervnc in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 addressing three vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server component. These include two heap buffer overread/data leakage issues (CVE-2024-31080 and CVE-2024-31081) and one use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2024-31083). The vulnerabilities could lead to data leakage or memory corruption. Red Hat has released patches to fix these issues. The update is rated with an important security impact and affects multiple Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 variants.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
TigerVNC, a suite of VNC servers and clients used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, contains three security vulnerabilities in the xorg-x11-server package: heap buffer overread/data leakage in ProcXIGetSelectedEvents (CVE-2024-31080) and ProcXIPassiveGrabDevice (CVE-2024-31081), and a user-after-free in ProcRenderAddGlyphs (CVE-2024-31083). These vulnerabilities can cause memory safety issues such as data leakage and use-after-free conditions. Red Hat has released security updates to address these flaws in tigervnc packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. The advisory references bugzilla entries and provides updated package versions for remediation.
Potential Impact
The vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to cause memory corruption or data leakage in the xorg-x11-server component used by tigervnc, potentially compromising confidentiality or stability of the affected system. The issues are rated as having an important security impact by Red Hat. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official patches for these vulnerabilities in tigervnc for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Users should apply the provided security updates as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2024:2080 to remediate these issues. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the update.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:2080
- Cve Count
- 3
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-31081","CVE-2024-31083"]
- Cvss Version
- null
Threat ID: 6a3da1f94853345fc18350bc
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/06/2026, 23:21:42 UTC
Last updated: 08/20/2026, 22:52:04 UTC
Views: 43
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