CVE-2016-2150 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2150?

CVE-2016-2150 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Jun 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2150?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2150?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2016-2150 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2150 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2150, DLA-531-1, GHSA-xcwp-848r-pq94, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2150.