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Fencer Vulns
high 7.1

CVE-2016-2150 json

SPICE allows local guest OS users to read from or write to arbitrary host memory locations via crafted primary surface parameters, a simila…

published 2016-06-09 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-3251

cvss
7.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SPICE allows local guest OS users to read from or write to arbitrary host memory locations via crafted primary surface parameters, a similar issue to CVE-2015-5261.

Patch / fix

  • spice Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.12.6-4.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2150

  • spice Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3
  • spice Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2150

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  • spice RHEL 7 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
  • spice-server RHEL 7 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
  • spice-server RHEL 6 0.12.4-13.el6.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1205RHSA-2016:1204

  • spice SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 0.12.4-8.9.1
  • spice SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 +1 more 0.12.5-4.1
  • spice SLES 11 SP4-LTSS 0.12.4-21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:14744-1SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1SUSE-SU-2016:1559-1

  • spice openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.12.8-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10393-1

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-2016-2150 updated cvss 4.3

spice: Host memory access from guest with invalid primary surface parameters

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1205
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1204
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1205
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1204
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1205
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1204
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1205
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-13.el6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1204
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1, spice-server 0.12.4-15.el7_2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1205

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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