# CVE-2016-9578: A vulnerability was discovered in SPICE before 0.13.90 in the server's protocol handling.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Red Hat spice: 0.13.90

## Description

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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9578
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0552
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0254
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96118
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3790
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0253.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0549.html

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