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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-18389

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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31 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-18389

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Dec 2019, 16:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-18389
Complete source record
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