CVE-2008-4539
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA implementation in (1) KVM before kvm-82 and (2) QEMU on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu might allow local users to gain privileges by using the VNC console for
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA implementation in (1) KVM before kvm-82 and (2) QEMU on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu might allow local users to gain privileges by using the VNC console for
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
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.9% 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
- 2008-12-29 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 61279c0f678c19f480e8ea8cfa98310f12d6b21d66c27052f24f4fa45b28d734
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com35062http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- www.mail-archive.com[secure-testing-commits] 20081103 r10251 - data/CVEhttp://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html
- www.mail-archive.com[cvs-all] 20081102 cvs commit: ports/emulators/qemu Makefile ports/emulators/qemu/files patch-CVE-2008-4539 ports/emulators/qemu-devel Makefile ports/emulators/qemu-devel/files patch-CVE-2008-4539http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-11705https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html
- secunia.com25073http://secunia.com/advisories/25073
- secunia.com34642http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-776-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
- secunia.com33350http://secunia.com/advisories/33350
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqemu-kvm-cirrusvga-bo(47736)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- secunia.com29129http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- svn.savannah.gnu.orghttp://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587
- www.debian.orgDSA-1799http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799
- groups.google.com[debian-devel-changes] 20081101 Accepted qemu 0.9.1+svn20081101-1 (source amd64)http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source
- git.kernel.dkhttp://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069
- secunia.com35031http://secunia.com/advisories/35031
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081101-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081101-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1+svn20081101-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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