CVE-2017-6209: virglrenderer_project virglrenderer

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-6209 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in virglrenderer_project virglrenderer. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 15-03-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_identifier function in tgsi_text.c in the TGSI auxiliary module in the Gallium driver in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to parsing properties.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.