PT-2017-7777
CVE-2016-10163
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Published
2017-03-15
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Updated
2017-07-11
Description by
CVSS 3.1
6.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
virglrenderer versions prior to 0.6.0
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the
vrend renderer context create internal function in vrend decode.c. This allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service by repeatedly creating a decode context, resulting in host memory consumption.Recommendations
For versions prior to 0.6.0, update to version 0.6.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the creation of decode contexts to minimize the risk of exploitation.
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