UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12194

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12194
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12194.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12194
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Published
2018-03-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:21Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the way spice-client processed certain messages sent from the server. An attacker, having control of malicious spice-server, could use this flaw to crash the client or execute arbitrary code with permissions of the user running the client. spice-gtk versions through 0.34 are believed to be vulnerable.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / spice

Package

Name
spice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.4-0nocelt1
0.12.4-0nocelt1.1
0.12.4-0nocelt1.1ubuntu1
0.12.4-0nocelt2
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.2
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.3
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.4
0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6",
            "binary_name": "spice-client"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / spice-protocol

Package

Name
spice-protocol
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice-protocol@0.12.10-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.10-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.7-1
0.12.10-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.12.10-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-protocol-dev"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / spice

Package

Name
spice
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice@0.14.0-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.14.0-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.12.8-2.2
0.14.0-1
0.14.0-1ubuntu1
0.14.0-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.14.0-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-server1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / spice-gtk

Package

Name
spice-gtk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spice-gtk@0.34-1.1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.33-3.3
0.34-1.1
0.34-1.1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-client-glib-2.0-8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-client-glib-2.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "spice-client-glib-usb-acl-helper"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.34-1.1build1",
            "binary_name": "spice-client-gtk"
        }
    ]
}