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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:virglrenderer_project:virglrenderer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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