CVE-2015-3247

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-09-03

Description

A race condition flaw, leading to a heap-based memory corruption, was found in spice's worker_update_monitors_config() function, which runs under the QEMU-KVM context on the host. A user in a guest could leverage this flaw to crash the host QEMU-KVM process or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the host QEMU-KVM process.

See more information about CVE-2015-3247 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.7	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (spice-server)	ELSA-2015-1715	2015-09-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (spice)	ELSA-2015-1714	2015-09-03

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