Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting distribution package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.67% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-DISTRIBUTION-9860449
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 Jan 2016

Introduced: 1 Jan 2016

CVE-2016-9578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 distribution.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream distribution package and not the distribution package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.