ubuntu-cve-2015-5260
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-09-08 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1",
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "spice-client",
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "spice",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.12.4-0nocelt1",
        "0.12.4-0nocelt1.1",
        "0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1",
        "0.12.4-0nocelt2",
        "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1",
        "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1",
            "binary_version": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "spice-client",
            "binary_version": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "spice",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5260",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:48Z",
  "published": "2015-09-08T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5260"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260908"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260822"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2766-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5260"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2766-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-5260"
  ]
}



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