CVE-2014-6055

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the File Transfer feature in rfbserver.c in LibVNCServer 0.9.9 and earlier allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) long file or (2) directory name or the (3) FileTime attribute in a rfbFileTransferOffer message.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
• https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2eIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677Issue 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/
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtIssue Tracking, Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
• https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2eIssue Tracking, Patch
• https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677Issue 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/
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txtIssue Tracking, Patch

Published

Sep 30, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified