#VU31250 Input validation error in SPICE - CVE-2016-9578

 

#VU31250 Input validation error in SPICE - CVE-2016-9578

Published: July 27, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31250
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9578
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SPICE
Software vendor:
SPICE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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