CVE-2014-6054
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5942)
- Published
- October 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5942 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- libvncserver / libvncserver
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61682
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70094
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2365-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/05a9bd41a8ec0a9d580a8f420f41718bdd235446(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00042.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-07
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4587-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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