CVE-2008-0928
Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier does not perform range checks for block device read or write requests, which allows guest host users with root privileges to access arbitrary memory and escape the virtual
02 Description
Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier does not perform range checks for block device read or write requests, which allows guest host users with root privileges to access arbitrary memory and escape the virtual
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-03 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7798a0514d70ae0034d9826cdac3e93b87b26158d0f5bc5f6e65093cccf42f0c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1993http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00850.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1995https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00852.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0194http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2057https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2083https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433560
- secunia.com34642http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:016http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:162http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- marc.info[debian-security] 20080219 qemu unchecked block read/write vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=debian-security&m=120343592917055&w=2
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2001https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00857.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1973http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00830.html
- secunia.com29963http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9706https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9706
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- secunia.com29129http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- www.securityfocus.com28001http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28001
- www.debian.orgDSA-1799http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799
- secunia.com29136http://secunia.com/advisories/29136
- secunia.com35031http://secunia.com/advisories/35031
- secunia.com29081http://secunia.com/advisories/29081
- secunia.com29172http://secunia.com/advisories/29172
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081207-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081207-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081207-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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