CVE-2015-5261

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5261
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-07 14:06:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-16 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 6.7.z All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 6.7.z All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Spice Project Spice All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
spice: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-05) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3371-1 spice DEBIAN www.debian.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1261889 – (CVE-2015-5261) CVE-2015-5261 spice: host memory access from guest using crafted images CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Spice Race Condition and Buffer Overflows Let Local Guest System Users Crash the Host or Execute Arbitrary Code on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[Spice-devel] Announcing spice 0.12.6 MLIST lists.freedesktop.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
USN-2766-1: Spice vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Fwd: [vs-plain] CVE-2015-5261 MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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