CVE-2016-9577
A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.79% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-122, CWE-119
- Affected
- spice project/spice · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 3.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9577Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96040Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9577Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.