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CVE-2015-3247 json

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…

published 2015-09-08 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3302

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • spice Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.12.5-1.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3247

  • spice Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.12.4-0nocelt2ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3247

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  • spice-server RHEL 6 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1
  • spice RHEL 7 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
  • spice-server RHEL 7 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
  • rhev-hypervisor6 RHEL 6 6.7-20150828.0.el6ev
  • rhev-hypervisor7 RHEL 6 7.1-20150827.1.el6ev
  • rhev-hypervisor7 RHEL 7 7.1-20150827.1.el7ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1715RHSA-2015:1714RHSA-2015:1713

  • spice SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.12.4-5.1
  • spice SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 0.12.4-8.5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1259-1SUSE-SU-2015:1733-1

  • spice openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.12.8-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10393-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3247 updated cvss 7.7

spice: memory corruption in worker_update_monitors_config()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1714
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1715
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1714
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1715
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1714
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) spice-server 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1715
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) spice 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1714
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) spice-server-devel 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1, spice-server-debuginfo 0.12.4-12.el6_7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1715
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) spice-debuginfo 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1, spice-server-devel 0.12.4-9.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1714
  • Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H rhev-hypervisor7 7.1-20150827.1.el7ev Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.7-20150828.0.el6ev, rhev-hypervisor7 7.1-20150827.1.el6ev
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1713

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Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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