Buffer overflow in SPICE - CVE-2016-9577
Published: July 27, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31251
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9577
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SPICE
Affected software:
SPICE
SPICE
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An authenticated attacker could send crafted messages to the SPICE server causing a heap overflow leading to a crash or possible code execution.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9577
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96040
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9577
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790