CVE-2019-18389

Publication date 23 December 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

A heap-based buffer overflow in the vrend_renderer_transfer_write_iov function in vrend_renderer.c in virglrenderer through 0.8.0 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service, or QEMU guest-to-host escape and code execution, via VIRGL_CCMD_RESOURCE_INLINE_WRITE commands.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
virglrenderer	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored
	19.04 disco	Ignored
	18.04 LTS bionic	Ignored
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

Nothing in bionic actually uses this package, so we will not be releasing a fix for it. Marking as ignored.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
virglrenderer	Upstream: cbc8d8b

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H