CVE-2008-4539

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4539
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-29 15:24:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:02:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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 a connection, aka the LGD-54XX "bitblt" heap overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-1320.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux - All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux - All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
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Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm 1 All All All
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Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux All All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux All All All All

References

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cvs commit: ports/emulators/qemu Makefile ports/emulators/qemu/files pat www.mail-archive.com
Bug 237342 – CVE-2007-1320 xen/qemu Cirrus LGD-54XX "bitblt" Heap Overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[Secure-testing-commits] r10251 - data/CVE www.mail-archive.com
“qemu” source package : Jaunty (9.04) : Ubuntu CONFIRM launchpad.net
Bug 466890 – CVE-2008-4539 kvm/qemu/xen: Incomplete upstream fix for CVE-2007-1320 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
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