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CVE-2017-6209 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_identifier function in tgsi_text.c in the TGSI auxiliary module in the Gallium driver in virglrend…

published 2017-03-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-15274

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_identifier function in tgsi_text.c in the TGSI auxiliary module in the Gallium driver in virglrenderer before 0.6.0 allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to parsing properties.

Patch / fix

  • virglrenderer Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.6.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6209

  • virglrenderer SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2 +2 more 0.5.0-11.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:0798-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-6209 updated cvss 5.4

Virglrenderer: stack buffer oveflow in parse_identifier

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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