Buffer overflow in SPICE



| Updated: 2020-08-03
Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-3247
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 SPICE
Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers

Vendor SPICE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU33273

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3247

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SPICE: 0.12.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/spice-devel/2015-October/022191.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00018.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1713.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1714.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1715.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3354
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033459
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033460
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033753
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2736-1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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