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CVE-2017-5957 Details

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the vrend_decode_set_framebuffer_state function in vrend_decode.c in virglrenderer before 926b9b3460a48f6454d8bbe9e44313d86a65447f, as used in Quick Emulator (QEMU), allows a local guest users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via the "nr_cbufs" argument.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421126	CVE	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=926b9b3460a48f6454d8bbe9e44313d86a65447f	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/3	CVE	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96215	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421126	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=926b9b3460a48f6454d8bbe9e44313d86a65447f	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/3	[email protected]	Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96215	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
virglrenderer project virglrenderer	< 0.6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:virglrenderer_project:virglrenderer:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
qemu qemu	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 19, 2021	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jul 19, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 14, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]