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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-12-15T17:27:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T12:03:02.350Z

Reserved: 2014-09-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-6053

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-15T18:59:05.643

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:13:42.387

Link: CVE-2014-6053

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-6053 - Bugzilla