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CVE-2017-12194

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12194 describes a critical flaw in spice-client, specifically affecting spice-gtk versions through 0.34, where improper processing of server messages can lead to client crashes or arbitrary code execution. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) are currently known, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential interest. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:spice-gtk_project:spice-gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0535 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: spice-gtk
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: spice-gtk

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-12194Moderate

spice-gtk: Integer overflows causing buffer overflows in spice-client

Mar 14, 2018

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-20
usn.ubuntu.com / 3659-1
securityfocus.com / bid/103413
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry