UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5261

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5261

    Published: 6 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5261
    Aliases:
    USN-2766-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5261, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2766-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5261

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: spice

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2

    Affected versions

    0.12.4-0nocelt1
    0.12.4-0nocelt1.1
    0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1
    0.12.4-0nocelt2
    0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1
    0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High