A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE 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.
Find out more about CVE-2016-9577 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | High |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts (rhevm-appliance) | RHSA-2017:0552 | 2017-03-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (spice-server) | RHSA-2017:0253 | 2017-02-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (spice) | RHSA-2017:0254 | 2017-02-06 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts | RHSA-2017:0549 | 2017-03-16 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| RHEV Manager 3 | rhev-hypervisor | Will not fix |
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