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CVE-2017-5994

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5994 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the virglrenderer project, specifically affecting versions prior to 0.6.0. It allows a local guest OS user to trigger an out-of-bounds array access and cause a denial of service (crash) by manipulating the num_elements parameter in the vrend_create_vertex_elements_state function. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) with a low attack complexity, requiring local access and no user interaction, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is there publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.

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

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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 Advisory
cgit.freedesktop.org / virglrenderer/commit
Patch
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/virglrenderer-devel/2017-February/000145.html
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201707-06
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2017/02/15/8
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96276
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry