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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3371-1 spice security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5248 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2766-1 Spice vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:41:08.985Z

Reserved: 2015-07-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-5261

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-07T14:06:07.683

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-5261

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5261 - Bugzilla

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