CVE-2014-6052
EPSS 4.5%Published: 12/15/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/libvncserverfrom 0, < 0.9.9+dfsg-6.1
- Debian/veyonfrom 0, < 4.1.4+repack1-1