Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting spice-glib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-SPICEGLIB-1975680
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-12194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 spice-glib.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice-glib package and not the spice-glib package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the way spice-client processed certain messages sent from the server. An attacker, having control of malicious spice-server, could use this flaw to crash the client or execute arbitrary code with permissions of the user running the client. spice-gtk versions through 0.34 are believed to be vulnerable.