CVE-2017-12194

Publication date 14 March 2018

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
spice 25.10 questing
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
25.04 plucky
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
24.10 oracular
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
23.10 mantic
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
23.04 lunar
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
22.10 kinetic
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
21.10 impish
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
20.10 groovy
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
19.10 eoan
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
19.04 disco
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu3
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.14.0-1ubuntu2.1
17.10 artful
Fixed 0.12.8-2.2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.6
spice-gtk 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
spice-protocol 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.12.10-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

leosilva

xenial uses spice-protocol to generate the codes that are affected. not all releases has the test section to add the third patch.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
spice
spice-gtk
spice-protocol

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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