CVE-2016-9578
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 (2.46%). 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 attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.46% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-770
- 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 2.5% 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/96118Third 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-2016-9578Issue 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/96118Third 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-2016-9578Issue 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.