CVE-2016-0749

critical

Description

The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3014-1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3596

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00004.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-06-09

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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