{"id":"CVE-2014-6053","details":"The rfbProcessClientNormalMessage function in libvncserver/rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier does not properly handle attempts to send a large amount of ClientCutText data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or daemon crash) via a crafted message that is processed by using a single unchecked malloc.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:12:53.976709Z","published":"2014-12-15T18:59:05Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:12:53.976709Z","related":["MGASA-2014-0397","MGASA-2014-0432","MGASA-2014-0466","MGASA-2020-0242","SUSE-SU-2015:2088-1","SUSE-SU-2015:2088-2","SUSE-SU-2015:2110-1"],"references":[{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61506"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61682"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2365-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/6037a9074d52b1963c97cb28ea1096c7c14cbf28"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00032.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00028.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4573-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}