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CVE-2017-6210 (GCVE-0-2017-6210)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25
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Summary
The vrend_decode_reset function in vrend_decode.c in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and QEMU process crash) by destroying context 0 (zero).
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-02-10 00:00
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