CVE-2016-9577

Publication date 31 December 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An authenticated attacker could send crafted messages to the SPICE server causing a heap overflow leading to a crash or possible code execution.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
spice 17.04 zesty
Fixed 0.12.8-2ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 0.12.8-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.4
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
spice

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3202-1
    • Spice vulnerabilities
    • 20 February 2017

Other references