CVE-2015-5260

HIGH

SPICE <0.12.6 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1890.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2766-1
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1889.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260822
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77019

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 43.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (16)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.1
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
... and 6 more
Published Jun 07, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026