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CVE-2014-6054
The rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 70094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 61682 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:2207 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/05a9bd41a8ec0a9d580a8f420f41718bdd235446 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61506 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140925 [oCERT-2014-007] libvncserver multiple issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140923 Multiple issues in libVNCserver (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201507-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-2365-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191030 [SECURITY] [DLA 1979-1] italc security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-4587-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-5942 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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