CVE-2015-5261 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-5261

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS...

Vulnerability Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to read and write to arbitrary memory locations on the host via guest QXL commands related to surface creation.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux workstation, enterprise linux hpc node eus, debian linux, spice
Vulnerable Versions:
14.04, 15.04, 6.0, 7.0, 6.7.z, 7.1, 8.0, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 7th, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.