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CVE-2014-6052 (GCVE-0-2014-6052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-15 17:27 – Updated: 2024-08-06 12:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/61682 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/61506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70091 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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Date Public
2014-09-20 00:00
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