CVE-2017-5993
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.5
Description
Memory leak in the vrend_renderer_init_blit_ctx function in vrend_blitter.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRGL_CCMD_BLIT commands.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
65%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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/2017/02/15/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96275
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422438
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=6eb13f7a2dcf391ec9e19b4c2a79e68305f63c22
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5993
CWEs
CWE-772
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