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CVE-2016-9578 json

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling.

published 2018-07-27 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-10384

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling. An attacker able to connect to the SPICE server could send crafted messages which would cause the process to crash.

Patch / fix

  • spice_project spice 0.13.90
  • spice Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.12.8-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9578

  • spice Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.4
  • spice Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9578

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  • spice-server RHEL 6 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2
  • spice RHEL 7 0.12.4-20.el7_3
  • spice-server RHEL 7 0.12.4-20.el7_3
  • redhat-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.0-20170307.1.el7_3
  • imgbased RHEL 7 0.8.16-0.1.el7ev
  • redhat-release-virtualization-host RHEL 7 4.0-7.1.el7
  • redhat-virtualization-host-image-update RHEL 7 4.0-20170307.1.el7_3
  • redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder RHEL 7 4.0-7.1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0253RHSA-2017:0254RHSA-2017:0549RHSA-2017:0552

  • spice SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2, SLED 12 SP2 +1 more 0.12.7-8.1
  • spice SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 0.12.5-7.1
  • spice SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.12.4-8.1
  • spice SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12-LTSS 0.12.4-8.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0392-1SUSE-SU-2017:0393-1SUSE-SU-2017:0400-1SUSE-SU-2017:0396-1

  • spice openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.15.0-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11397-1

  • spice Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +15 more 0.12.8-r3

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-9578

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-9578 updated cvss 7.5

spice: Remote DoS via crafted message

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 distribution
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server 0.12.4-20.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-20.el7_3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server 0.12.4-20.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0254
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server 0.12.4-20.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0254
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-20.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0254
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server 0.12.4-20.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0254
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-13.el6_8.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0253
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-20.el7_3, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-20.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0254
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.0-20170307.1.el7_3, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.0-20170307.1.el7_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0549
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Management Agent for RHEL 7 Hosts rhevm-appliance 4.0.20170307.0-1.el7ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0552
  • Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) imgbased 0.8.16-0.1.el7ev, redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.0-7.1.el7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder 4.0-7.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0549

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Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat spice

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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