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CVE-2017-6317

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6317 describes a memory leak vulnerability in virglrenderer versions prior to 0.6.0, specifically within the add_shader_program function. This flaw allows a local guest OS user to trigger a denial of service on the host system by consuming excessive memory. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.5), it requires local access and low privileges, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

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
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 TrackingPatch
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/2017/02/24/5
Mailing ListPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/96450
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry