CVE-2017-5956
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
The vrend_draw_vbo function in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving vertext_buffer_index.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.6.0-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| virglrenderer_project | virglrenderer | {"endIncluding":"0.5.0"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96187
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=a5ac49940c40ae415eac0cf912eac7070b4ba95d
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5956.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5956
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.