CVE catalog
CVE-2016-0749
spice: CVE-2016-0749
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 8.49% · Oct 25, 2026
The smartcard interaction in SPICE allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (QEMU-KVM process crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to connecting to a guest VM, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | spice | sid | 0.16.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | spice | forky | 0.16.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | spice | trixie | 0.15.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | spice | bookworm | 0.15.1-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.5-1.1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | spice | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Suse | spice | linux enterprise desktop 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | spice | linux enterprise software development kit 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | spice | linux enterprise server 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | spice | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | spice | source | sid | 0.12.6-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [826585] |
| Debian | spice | source | forky | 0.12.6-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [826585] |
| Debian | spice | source | trixie | 0.12.6-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [826585] |
| Debian | spice | source | bookworm | 0.12.6-4.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [826585] |
| Ubuntu | spice | deb | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0749 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | spice | deb | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0749 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | spice | deb | 14.04 | 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | USN-3014-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | spice | deb | 16.04 | 0.12.6-4ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-3014-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | spice | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | spice | rpm | linux enterprise software development kit 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | spice | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | spice | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 | 0.12.4-8.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libspice-server1]Fixed
Source package: [spice]
Details (2)
0.15.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · bookworm; dsa · spice · debian · 12
0.15.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · bookworm; dsa · spice · debian · 12
- [libspice-server-dev]Fixed
Source package: [spice]
Details (2)
0.15.1-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · bookworm; dsa · spice · debian · 12
0.15.1-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · bookworm; dsa · spice · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libspice-server1]Fixed
Source package: [spice]
Details (2)
0.15.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · 13
0.15.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · 13
- [libspice-server-dev]Fixed
Source package: [spice]
Details (2)
0.15.2-1+b1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · 13
0.15.2-1+b1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.12.6-4.1dsa · spice · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2016_1205.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0749]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3596-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:1561-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0749]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3014-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0749]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-0749.json]
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