CVE-2008-5714
Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.
02 Description
Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.
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
- 2.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.7% 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
- Low. 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
- 2008-12-24 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-24
- 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
- f5b989a9737fbc24507b4a8e99d22bccb67f8d2511bafe6c5eb5f26f5c86a0ad
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20081210 Re: [RESEND] [PATCH v2] Fix off-by-one bug limiting VNC passwords to 7 charshttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
- secunia.com35062http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comqemu-monitor-weak-security(47683)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683
- lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20081123 [PATCH] Fix off-by-one bug limiting VNC passwords to 7 charshttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html
- secunia.com34642http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- svn.savannah.gnu.orghttp://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966
- www.securityfocus.com33020http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-776-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- secunia.com33568http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:008http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- svn.savannah.gnu.orghttp://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- qemu Fixed in 0.9.1-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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