Buffer overflow in Spice Project
CVE-2015-5260
Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Spice Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 6.7.z, 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1890.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2766-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.html (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1889.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77019 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5260?
- CVE-2015-5260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spice Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5260?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.