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title: "CVE-2014-6055\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6055

Publication date 24 September 2014

Last updated 26 May 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6055?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| italc | 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1:2.0.2+dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| krfb | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| libvncserver | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.9.8.2-2ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-6055?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

fix may break ABI

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| krfb | * Upstream:   <http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=krfb.git&a=commit&h=2e211579455fd832fb21322482c005b6a85aa1bf> * Upstream:   <http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=krfb.git&a=commit&h=857c2b411ed806ef806116407612a2d2a40fab9c> |
| libvncserver | * Upstream:   [06ccdf0](https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/06ccdf016154fde8eccb5355613ba04c59127b2e) * Upstream:   [f528072](https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/f528072216dec01cee7ca35d94e171a3b909e677) * Upstream:   [256964b](https://github.com/newsoft/libvncserver/commit/256964b884c980038cd8b2f0d180fbb295b1c748) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6055)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6055)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6055)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6055)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2365-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2365-1)
+ LibVNCServer vulnerabilities
+ 29 September 2014

+ [USN-4587-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4587-1)
+ iTALC vulnerabilities
+ 20 October 2020

### Other references

* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/639>
* <http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140923-1.txt>
* <http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2014-007.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6055>