CVE-2017-5993

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5993
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionMemory 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.

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-772 | 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
oss-security - CVE-2017-5993 Virglrenderer: host memory leakage when initialising blitter context af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch
virglrenderer: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
1422438 – (CVE-2017-5993) CVE-2017-5993 Virglrenderer: host memory leakage when initialising blitter context af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Virglrenderer CVE-2017-5993 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
virglrenderer - VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Patch
[virglrenderer-devel] [ANNOUNCE] virglrenderer 0.6.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org Patch, Release Notes
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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