Heap-based Buffer Overflow in SPICE Smartcard Interaction

CVE-2016-0749 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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