CVE-2017-5957
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the vrend_decode_set_framebuffer_state function in vrend_decode.c in virglrenderer before 926b9b3460a48f6454d8bbe9e44313d86a65447f, as used in Quick Emulator (QEMU), allows a local guest users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the "nr_cbufs" argument.
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 | {"endExcluding":"0.6.0"} | 0.6.0 |
| qemu | qemu | | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96215
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421126
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=926b9b3460a48f6454d8bbe9e44313d86a65447f
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5957.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5957
CWEs
CWE-787
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