Buffer overflow in Spice Project
CVE-2015-5261
Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to read and write to arbitrary memory locations on the host via guest QXL commands related to surface creation.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · 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)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/4 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- 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)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5261?
- CVE-2015-5261 is a high-severity vulnerability in Spice Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2016-06-07.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5261?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.