Improper Input Validation Affecting spice-gtk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.25% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SPICEGTK-287094
  • published14 Mar 2018
  • disclosed14 Mar 2018

Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2017-12194  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 spice-gtk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice-gtk package and not the spice-gtk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 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.