spice: host memory access from guest using crafted images
Published Jun 7, 2016
7.1
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.49%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 14.04
- 15.04
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.7.z
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 7.0
Configuration 4
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 5
- ≤ 0.12.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1889
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
spice-0:0.12.4-9.el7_1.3
Fixed · RHSA-2015:1890
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | spice-server-0:0.12.4-12.el6_7.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1889 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | spice-0:0.12.4-9.el7_1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:1890 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00486) | 39.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00486) | 37.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 24.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 31.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 29.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 27.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1889.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1890.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/06/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2766-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5261 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261889 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5261
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5261
Change history (0)
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