CVE-2026-57965
Publication date 29 June 2026
Last updated 4 September 2026
Ubuntu priority
Medium
Description
A flaw was found in spice-vdagent. A malicious or compromised SPICE host can trigger an integer overflow by sending a specially crafted message. This vulnerability can lead to a heap buffer overflow, causing the spice-vdagent daemon to crash and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the virtual machine. This issue requires the SPICE host to be untrusted or compromised for exploitation.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| spice-vdagent | 26.04 LTS resolute |
Fixed 0.23.0-1ubuntu0.1
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| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage | |
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 0.22.1-4ubuntu0.1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 0.22.1-1ubuntu0.1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Vulnerable
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
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Patch details
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| Package | Patch details |
|---|---|
| spice-vdagent |
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Severity score breakdown
CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
Base score 5.1 · Medium
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-8723-1
- SPICE vdagent vulnerabilities
- 3 September 2026