CVE-2016-0749

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductSpice
PublishedJun 9, 2016
First seenJun 9, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
spice_project spiceNo range specified—
opensuse leap42.1—
opensuse opensuse13.2—
debian debian_linux8.0—
redhat enterprise_linux6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation6.0, 7.0—
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus7.2—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus7.2—
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus7.2—

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CVE-2016-0749 · Spice · Dark Radar