ubuntu-cve-2014-6054
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-09-24 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "krfb",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1.1"
          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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            },
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            }
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        }
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        "4:4.12.0-0ubuntu1",
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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            "binary_name": "libvncserver-config",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libvncserver0",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linuxvnc",
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        ]
      },
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      },
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        "0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
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      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "italc-client",
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          {
            "binary_name": "italc-management-console",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "italc-master",
            "binary_version": "1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libitalccore",
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        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "italc",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/italc@1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
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      "versions": [
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-6054",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:43Z",
  "published": "2014-09-24T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6054"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2365-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6054"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4587-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2365-1",
    "USN-4587-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2014-6054"
  ]
}



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