Medium [CVE-2026-57965] Spice-vdagent: integer overflow in udscs_write leading to heap buffer overflow
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-57965 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
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Summary
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 issue requires the SPICE host to be untrusted or compromised for exploitation. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.1 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H).
Weakness: CWE-190. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: spice-vdagent; Red Hat package: mingw-spice-vdagent.
Is CVE-2026-57965 exploited?
No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2026-57965 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.
How do I fix CVE-2026-57965?
The advisory VulniPulse tracks names no fixed release. Follow Red Hat's guidance for workarounds and updates.
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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