CVE-2008-1945
QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify
02 Description
QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.3% 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
- Important. 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
- 2008-08-08 19:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:41Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9ac02d46accf2ed63a6086dc46237b5ce7e2c36f2d675e7b35541480b033daeb
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com35062http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqemu-image-security-bypass(44269)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44269
- secunia.com32088http://secunia.com/advisories/32088
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9905https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905
- secunia.com32063http://secunia.com/advisories/32063
- secunia.com34642http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:162http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-776-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
- www.securityfocus.com30604http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-1799http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0892https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html
- www.securitytracker.com1020959http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959
- secunia.com35031http://secunia.com/advisories/35031
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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