A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An authenticated attacker could send crafted messages to the SPICE server causing a heap overflow leading to a crash or possible code execution.
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9577 | issue tracking third party advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96040 | vdb entry third party advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |