CVE-2017-6209 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the virglrenderer project's Gallium driver, specifically within the parse_identifier function in tgsi_text.c. This vulnerability allows a local guest OS user to trigger a denial of service by causing an out-of-bounds array access and crashing the QEMU process. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), the vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L), but can lead to high availability impact (A:H) due to the QEMU process crash. The attack complexity is low (AC:L), and no user interaction is required (UI:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, indicating a low level of public attention.
| 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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