VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-5993

Memory leak in the vrend_renderer_init_blit_ctx function in vrend_blitter.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host memory consumption) via a large number of VIRGL_CCMD_BLIT commands.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.39%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-772
Affected: virglrenderer project/virglrenderer
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/7Mailing List, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96275Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422438Issue Tracking, Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=6eb13f7a2dcf391ec9e19b4c2a79e68305f63c22Patch
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.htmlPatch, Release Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/7Mailing List, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96275Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1422438Issue Tracking, Patch
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/virglrenderer/commit/?id=6eb13f7a2dcf391ec9e19b4c2a79e68305f63c22Patch
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.htmlPatch, Release Notes
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201707-06

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.