CVE-2014-6053
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 15, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 1, 2014
Description
The rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier does not properly handle attempts to send a large amount of ClientCutText data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted message that is processed by using a single unchecked malloc.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html
- https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/6037a9074d52b1963c97cb28ea1096c7c14cbf28
- 61682third-party-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2207vendor-advisory
- 61506third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20140925 [oCERT-2014-007] libvncserver multiple issuesmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20140923 Multiple issues in libVNCservermailing-list
- USN-2365-1vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201507-07vendor-advisory
- DSA-3081vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191030 [SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191129 [SECURITY] [DLA 2014-1] vino security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191221 [SECURITY] [DLA 2045-1] tightvnc security updatemailing-list
- USN-4573-1vendor-advisory
- USN-4587-1vendor-advisory
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