CVE-2015-5261
spice: host memory access from guest using crafted images
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Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · October 6, 2015
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way SPICE handled certain guest QXL commands related to surface creation. A user in a guest could use this flaw to read and write arbitrary memory locations on the host.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified