CVE-2017-12194
An attacker, having control of malicious spice-server, could use this flaw to crash the client or execute arbitrary code with permissions of the user running the client. spice-gtk versions through 0.34 are believed to be vulnerable.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in the way spice-client processed certain messages sent from the server. An attacker, having control of malicious spice-server, could use this flaw to crash the client or execute arbitrary code with permissions of the user running the client. spice-gtk versions through 0.34 are believed to be vulnerable.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.25% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-20
- Affected
- spice-gtk project/spice-gtk
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501200Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3659-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103413Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1501200Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-20
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3659-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.