CVE-2014-6051
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2014-09-23 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way screen sizes were handled by LibVNCServer. A malicious VNC server could use this flaw to cause a client to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code in the client.
See more information about CVE-2014-6051 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.0 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (libvncserver) | ELSA-2014-1826 | 2014-11-11 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libvncserver) | ELSA-2014-1826 | 2014-11-11 |
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