# 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 s

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-09-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

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

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