CVE-2016-10163 Information

Description

Memory leak in the vrend_renderer_context_create_internal function in vrend_decode.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) by repeatedly creating a decode context.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95784 https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=747a293ff6055203e529f083896b823e22523fe7 https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5