# CVE-2020-14355: Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities were found in the QUIC image decoding process of the SPICE remote display system, before spice-0.14

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-10-07 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a spice: spice-0.14.2-1

## Description

Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities were found in the QUIC image decoding process of the SPICE remote display system, before spice-0.14.2-1. Both the SPICE client (spice-gtk) and server are affected by these flaws. These flaws allow a malicious client or server to send specially crafted messages that, when processed by the QUIC image compression algorithm, result in a process crash or potential code execution.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a spice, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868435
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/06/10
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4771
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4572-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4572-2/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00000.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00002.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00001.html

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