Buffer overflow in Spice Project
CVE-2015-3247
Race condition in the worker_update_monitors_config function in SPICE 0.12.4 allows a remote authenticated guest user to cause a denial of service (heap-based memory corruption and QEMU-KVM crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code on the host via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Spice Project — versions 0.12.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 6, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2736-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3354 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1715.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.html (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033460 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033459 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753 (vdb-entry)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1714.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3247?
- CVE-2015-3247 is a vulnerability in Spice Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2015-09-08.
- Is CVE-2015-3247 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.