CVE-2017-5994

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5994
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:33:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and crash) via the num_elements parameter.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1422452 – (CVE-2017-5994) CVE-2017-5994 Virglrenderer: out-of-bounds access in vrend_create_vertex_elements_state CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2017-5994 Virglrenderer: out-of-bounds access in vrend_create_vertex_elements_state MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
virglrenderer: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201707-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
virglrenderer - VirGL virtual OpenGL renderer (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/virgl/virglrenderer) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch
[virglrenderer-devel] [ANNOUNCE] virglrenderer 0.6.0 MLIST lists.freedesktop.org Patch
Virglrenderer CVE-2017-5994 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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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