Improper Input Validation Affecting spice-server-devel package, versions <0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-SPICESERVERDEVEL-2121248
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed8 Sept 2015

Introduced: 8 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-5260  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 spice-server-devel to version 0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice-server-devel package and not the spice-server-devel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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