CVE-2020-8002 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2020-8002?

CVE-2020-8002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A NULL pointer dereference in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer through 0.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via commands that attempt to launch a grid without previously providing a Compute Shader (CS).

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-8002?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Virglrenderer Project Virglrenderer.

How do I fix CVE-2020-8002?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-8002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-8002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8002, GHSA-224g-5gvw-3m56.