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CVE-2016-10163

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-10163 describes a memory leak vulnerability in virglrenderer, specifically within the vrend_renderer_context_create_internal function. This flaw allows a local guest OS user to repeatedly create decode contexts, leading to excessive host memory consumption and a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, but can cause high availability impact by crashing the host system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:virglrenderer_project:virglrenderer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / virglrenderer/commit
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-06
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/24/2
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/01/25/4
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/95784
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry