CVE-2014-6054

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-6054
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-06 14:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and server crash) via a zero value in the scaling factor in a (1) PalmVNCSetScaleFactor or (2) SetScale message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Libvncserver Libvncserver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3081-1 libvncserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Multiple issues in libVNCserver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Do not accept a scaling factor of zero on PalmVNCSetScaleFactor and S… · newsoft/libvncserver@05a9bd4 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
LibVNCServer CVE-2014-6054 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - [oCERT-2014-007] libvncserver multiple issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2365-1: LibVNCServer vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:2207-1: moderate: Security update for LibVNCServer af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Security Advisory SA61506 - LibVNCServer Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA61682 - Ubuntu update for libvncserver - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-4587-1: iTALC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
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