CVE-2017-5580 Memory corruption in n/a

High 7.1 Published 15 Mar 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Local guest OS users can cause a denial of service via out-of-bounds array access in virglrenderer's texture instruction parsing.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2017-5580?

CVE-2017-5580 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The parse_instruction function in gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_text.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and process crash) via a crafted texture instruction.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5580?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5580?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-5580 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5580 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5580, GHSA-4v7q-34w2-x874.