CVE-2008-0928

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0928
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-03 22:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionQemu 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 machine.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.5.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KVM Block Device Backend Local Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:016 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Bug 433560 – CVE-2008-0928 Qemu insufficient block device address range checking af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: qemu-0.9.0-6.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
KVM Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:162 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Fedora update for xen - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1799-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Fedora update for kvm - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: qemu-0.9.0-4.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for qemu - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: xen-3.1.2-2.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for qemu - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: kvm-36-8.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'qemu unchecked block read/write vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: kvm-60-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: xen-3.1.2-2.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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