CVE-2016-0749: debian debian_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-0749 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 8.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 09-06-2016
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe 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.