CVE-2016-10163

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-10163
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the vrend_renderer_context_create_internal function in vrend_decode.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by repeatedly creating a decode context.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
QEMU CVE-2016-10163 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
virglrenderer: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE request Virglrenderer: host memory leakage when creating decode context af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
virglrenderer - VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[virglrenderer-devel] [ANNOUNCE] virglrenderer 0.6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request Virglrenderer: host memory leakage when creating decode context af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710490 Gentoo Linux virglrenderer Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-06)

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