CVE-2016-0749

spice: heap-based memory corruption within smartcard handling

Published Jun 9, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 8.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3596-1 spice security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3014-1 Spice vulnerabilities
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