CVE-2017-5994 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 15 Mar 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Local guest OS users can cause a denial of service via a heap-based buffer overflow in virglrenderer.

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

What is CVE-2017-5994?

CVE-2017-5994 is a medium-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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and crash) via the num_elements parameter.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5994?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5994?

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-2017-5994 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5994 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5994, GHSA-gwp7-85fx-r463.