CVE-2017-5993

Published: Mar 15, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

6.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 4.0

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Virglrenderer Project: Virglrenderer

Virglrenderer Project

1 product

Virglrenderer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer	Up to 0.5.0

Related CWEs

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (12)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListPatch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96275

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422438

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatch

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=6eb13f7a2dcf391ec9e19b4c2a79e68305f63c22

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchRelease Notes

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/7