CVE-2018-10893: red hat spice-client Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-10893 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in red hat spice-client. EPSS estimates a 2.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 11-09-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflow and buffer overflow issues were discovered in spice-client's handling of LZ compressed frames. A malicious server could cause the client to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowA heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.