CVE-2016-9578

Publication date 6 February 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

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.

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

Other references