High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-5260
CVE-2015-5260
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via QXL commands related to the surface_id parameter.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
29cpe:2.3:a:spice_project:spice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:spice_project:spice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=0.12.5
- (no CPE)range: <0.12.6
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.7.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords12 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/spice&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/spice&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1
< 0.12.8-2.1+ 11 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.8-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-8.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.5-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-8.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.5-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-8.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.5-4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.4-8.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.12.5-4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1889.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1890.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3371nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77019nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2766-1nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.