CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6052
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The HandleRFBServerMessage function in libvncclient/rfbproto.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier does not check certain malloc return values, which allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by specifying a large screen size in a (1) FramebufferUpdate, (2) ResizeFrameBuffer, or (3) PalmVNCReSizeFrameBuffer message.
Affected configurations
• libvncserver libvncserver (<= 0.9.9)
• oracle solaris 11.3
• debian debian linux 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61506 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61682 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2365-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70091 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/85a778c0e45e87e35ee7199f1f25020648e8b812 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61506 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61682 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2365-1 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70091 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/85a778c0e45e87e35ee7199f1f25020648e8b812 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html lists.debian.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07 security.gentoo.org
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/ usn.ubuntu.com