CVE-2016-0749 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00004.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3596 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3014-1 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1204 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1205 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-05

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8