CRITICAL
spice: heap-based memory corruption within smartcard handling
Published Jun 9, 2016
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 8.49%
Description
The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 8.0
Configuration 3
AND
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 4
AND
OR
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.0
- 7.2
- 7.2
- 7.0
Configuration 5
- n/a
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
spice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1204
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
spice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1205
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
rhev-hypervisor
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | spice-server-0:0.12.4-13.el6.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1204 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | spice-0:0.12.4-15.el7_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1205 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | rhev-hypervisor | Affected | n/a |
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.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.49% 0.08492
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08492
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 (39 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.49% (0.08492) | 94.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.56% (0.08561) | 94.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 8, 2026 | 29.43% (0.29426) | 96.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 15.97% (0.15975) | 94.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 25, 2026 | 33.85% (0.33848) | 96.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 20, 2026 | 30.30% (0.30299) | 96.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jan 14, 2026 | 33.29% (0.33291) | 96.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 14, 2025 | 28.82% (0.28815) | 96.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 13, 2025 | 39.92% (0.39925) | 97.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 1, 2025 | 33.56% (0.33565) | 96.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 3, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 24, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 21, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 20, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 19, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 17, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 16, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.48th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16150) | 94.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 3, 2025 | 20.47% (0.20473) | 95.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.97% (0.15975) | 94.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.47% (0.19474) | 92.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 15.31% (0.15312) | 94.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.74% (0.03735) | 92.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 9, 2024 | 3.74% (0.03735) | 91.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2023 | 3.65% (0.03653) | 90.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 3.19% (0.03192) | 89.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.95% (0.03950) | 90.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 89.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 88.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.91% (0.03910) | 85.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 88.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 74.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3596 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3014-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0749 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300646 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0749
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0749
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00004.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3596 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3014-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0749 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300646 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0749 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0749 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 9, 2016
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Dec 16, 2015
Link CVE-2016-0749
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a