High severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2016-9578
A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling
7.5
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.3; 7.4; 7.5 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
SP
Spice · Spice Project
before 0.13.90 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9578
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9578
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.html
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96118
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9578
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