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CVE-2017-5957

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5957 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the virglrenderer component, specifically within the vrend_decode_set_framebuffer_state function, affecting Quick Emulator (QEMU) and virglrenderer projects. This flaw allows a local guest user to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by manipulating the "nr_cbufs" argument. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), the vulnerability requires local access and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:virglrenderer_project:virglrenderer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
cgit.freedesktop.org / virglrenderer/commit
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-06
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/13/3
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96215
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry