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FKIE_CVE-2014-6051

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-30 16:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:12
Severity
Summary
Integer overflow in the MallocFrameBuffer function in vncviewer.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote VNC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an advertisement for a large screen size, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/61506Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70093
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/045a044e8ae79db9244593fbce154cdf6e843273Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61506Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70093
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/045a044e8ae79db9244593fbce154cdf6e843273Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-36
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtThird Party Advisory

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:12:30.873",
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