CVE-2015-5261

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-10-06
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way SPICE handled certain guest QXL commands related to surface creation. A user in a guest could use this flaw to read and write arbitrary memory locations on the host.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (spice-server)	ELSA-2015-1889	2015-10-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (spice)	ELSA-2015-1890	2015-10-12