Unscored severity · published Sep 30, 2014
CVE-2014-6051
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…
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CVSS
8.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.3% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
6.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
6.5.z · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
20; 21 · source: NVD
LI
Libvncserver · Libvncserver
through 0.9.9 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Oracle
11.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6051
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6051
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.html
Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639
Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
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