CVE-2015-5261

CVE	CVE-2015-5261
State	PUBLISHED
Assigner	redhat
Source Priority	CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published	2016-06-07 14:06:07 UTC
Updated	2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
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.

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

Version	Source	Type	Score	Severity	Vector
3.0	[email protected]	Primary	7.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`
2.0	[email protected]	Primary	3.6		`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N`

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Access Vector

Local

Access Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language
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	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 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 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
Application	Spice Project	Spice	All	All	All	All

Source	Vendor	Product	Version	Platforms
CNA	Na	N/a	affected n/a	Not specified

Reference	Source	Link	Tags
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Fwd: [vs-plain] CVE-2015-5261	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	rhn.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	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3371-1 spice	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.debian.org
spice: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-05) — Gentoo security	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	security.gentoo.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.oracle.com
1261889 – (CVE-2015-5261) CVE-2015-5261 spice: host memory access from guest using crafted images	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	bugzilla.redhat.com
USN-2766-1: Spice vulnerabilities \| Ubuntu	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	www.ubuntu.com
[Spice-devel] Announcing spice 0.12.6	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	lists.freedesktop.org
CVE Program record	CVE.ORG	www.cve.org	canonical
NVD vulnerability detail	NVD	nvd.nist.gov	canonical, analysis

No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.

There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.