Out-of-Bounds Affecting spice package, versions <0.12.5-1ubuntu0.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-SPICE-306748
  • published7 Jun 2016
  • disclosed7 Jun 2016

Introduced: 7 Jun 2016

CVE-2015-5261  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:15.04 spice to version 0.12.5-1ubuntu0.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream spice package and not the spice package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:15.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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