FKIE_CVE-2014-6054

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-10-06 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:12
Severity
Summary
The 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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/61506
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/61682
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70094
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2365-1Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/05a9bd41a8ec0a9d580a8f420f41718bdd235446Issue Tracking, Patch
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://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/61682
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.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70094
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2365-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/05a9bd41a8ec0a9d580a8f420f41718bdd235446Issue Tracking, Patch
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://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libvncserver libvncserver *
debian debian_linux 7.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:12:31.377",
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