CVE-2014-6053 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in LibVNCServer versions 0.9.9 and earlier, affecting products like Canonical and Debian Linux distributions. The flaw lies in the rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function, which fails to properly handle large ClientCutText data, leading to excessive memory consumption or daemon crashes due to an unchecked malloc call. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While its EPSS score is relatively high, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libvncserver:libvncserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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