spice-gtk: Integer overflows causing buffer overflows in spice-client
Published Mar 14, 2018
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 5.25%
Description
A flaw was found in the way spice-client processed certain messages sent from the server. An attacker, having control of malicious spice-server, could use this flaw to crash the client or execute arbitrary code with permissions of the user running the client. spice-gtk versions through 0.34 are believed to be vulnerable.
Affected products
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- Version through 0.34StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedesktop.org | Spice-Gtk | n/a |
|
- ≤ 0.34
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
spice-gtk
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
spice-gtk
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
spice-gtk
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | spice-gtk | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | spice-gtk | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | spice-gtk | Not 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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.25% (0.05249) | 92.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.54% (0.05544) | 91.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2025 | 1.75% (0.01755) | 81.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 11, 2025 | 13.20% (0.13202) | 93.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 10, 2025 | 15.67% (0.15667) | 94.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.70% (0.11700) | 93.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 16.98% (0.16983) | 91.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.70% (0.11700) | 93.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 0.55% (0.00551) | 77.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 22, 2024 | 0.89% (0.00889) | 82.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 0.90% (0.00904) | 80.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2023 | 1.15% (0.01153) | 83.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01543) | 85.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 8, 2023 | 1.66% (0.01657) | 85.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.38% (0.02376) | 88.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 82.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 9, 2022 | 2.58% (0.02578) | 81.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.51% (0.02509) | 80.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.51% (0.02509) | 58.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 35.19th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 34.49th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 74.60th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.82% (0.01819) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103413 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12194 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501200 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12194
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3659-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12194
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103413 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12194 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501200 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12194 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3659-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12194 |
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