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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-6055 · published 30 September 2014

CVE-2014-6055: Fedoraproject fedora memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Fedoraproject · Fedora

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.

6.5 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 7.8% · top 5.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
6.5CVSS 2.0 base score
7.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

5 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2e Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677 Issue TrackingPatch
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.txt Issue TrackingPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139654.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139445.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00022.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0113.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61506
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3081 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/11 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70096 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96187
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2e Issue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677 Issue TrackingPatch
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.txt Issue TrackingPatch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-6055), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.