Vulnerability in Virglrenderer Project
CVE-2016-10163
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html (mailing-list, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/2 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/95784 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-10163?
- CVE-2016-10163 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Virglrenderer Project, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2016-10163?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.