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
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-20
- Affected
- spice-gtk project/spice-gtk
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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. Refreshed daily.