CVE-2017-12194

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.

Published: 2018-03-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12194 is rated High Risk (75.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.54%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12194

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.49% 5.54% +4.06%
2 2025-12-23 1.56% 1.49% -0.07%
3 2025-12-21 — 1.56% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12194

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12194

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12194

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-12194 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (spice-gtk), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12194
gentoo normal CVE-2017-12194: 1 GLSA(s) (201811-20), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/spice-gtk); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-12194
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12194
suse medium CVE-2017-12194 severity moderate: SUSE including 14 source package names (libspice-client-glib-2_0-8-0.33-3.3.2, libspice-client-glib-2_0-8-0.33-3.6.1, …), 54 product×package rows across 11 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4, … (11 product lines)): Fixed 54. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12194/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-12194 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (spice, spice-gtk, spice-protocol), 60 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 34, released 20, DNE 2, needs-triage 2, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12194

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12194

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
spice-gtk_project spice-gtk <= 0.34 cpe:2.3:a:spice-gtk_project:spice-gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12194

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