CVE-2016-10163

MEDIUM

virglrenderer <0.6.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Memory 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.

References (6)

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/2

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95784

[Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=747a293ff6055203e529f083896b823e22523fe7

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-399

Status published

Affected Products (2)

virglrenderer_project/virglrenderer < 0.5.0

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Mar 15, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026