Buffer overflow in Spice_project Spice
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_i…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.002 (47.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Spice_project Spice
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_hpc_node — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus — versions 7.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_eus — versions 6.7.z, 7.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- RHSA-2015:1890 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- GLSA-201606-05 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- USN-2766-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- [Spice-devel] 20151006 Announcing spice 0.12.6 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- RHSA-2015:1889 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- DSA-3371 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- 1033753 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- 77019 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5260?
- CVE-2015-5260 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spice_project Spice, 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.