UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5261

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5261
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5261.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5261
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Published
2015-10-06T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:25Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in SPICE before 0.12.6 allows guest OS users to read and write to arbitrary memory locations on the host via guest QXL commands related to surface creation.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / spice

Package

Name
spice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.4-0nocelt1
0.12.4-0nocelt1.1
0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1
0.12.4-0nocelt2
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2",
            "binary_name": "spice-client"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / spice

Package

Name
spice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2",
            "binary_name": "spice-client"
        }
    ]
}