CVE - CVE-2014-6052

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-6052	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
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BID:70091 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70091 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CONFIRM:https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/85a778c0e45e87e35ee7199f1f25020648e8b812 DEBIAN:DSA-3081 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081 GENTOO:GLSA-201507-07 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07 MISC:http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html MLIST:[debian-lts-announce] 20191030 [SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security update URL:https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20140923 Multiple issues in libVNCserver URL:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140925 [oCERT-2014-007] libvncserver multiple issues URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11 SECUNIA:61506 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61506 SECUNIA:61682 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/61682 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:2207 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html UBUNTU:USN-2365-1 URL:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2365-1 UBUNTU:USN-4587-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140901	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140901)
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