CVE-2016-10214

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Published Mar 20, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Memory leak in the virgl_resource_attach_backing function in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:virglrenderer_project:virglrenderer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1399	Memory leak in the virgl_resource_attach_backing function in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of VIRTIO_GPU_CMD_RESOURCE_ATTACH_BACKING commands.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.414% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/09/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96181
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=40b0e7813325b08077b6f541b3989edb2d86d837
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06

History

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Subscriptions

Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer

Weaknesses

CWE-399

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 3:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: Mar 20, 2017, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 3:14 AM
Reserved: Feb 8, 2017, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 20, 2017, 4:59 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 12:39 AM

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