CVE-2017-5956 json
The vrend_draw_vbo function in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array acc…
published 2017-03-20 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15025
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The vrend_draw_vbo function in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving vertext_buffer_index.
Patch / fix
- virglrenderer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.0-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5956
- virglrenderer SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 0.5.0-11.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0798-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5956 updated cvss 4.4
Virglrenderer: OOB access while in vrend_draw_vbo
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
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cgit.freedesktop.org
/virglrenderer/commit/?id=a5ac49940c40ae415eac0cf912eac7070b4ba95d
issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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lists.freedesktop.org
/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/2
mailing-list, patch, third-party-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/201707-06
vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/96187
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2017-5956
- NVD CVE-2017-5956
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