CVE-2008-4539

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4539
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-29 15:24:23 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
Application Kvm Qumranet Kvm All All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for kvm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
KVM Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-776-1: KVM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 237342 – CVE-2007-1320 xen/qemu Cirrus LGD-54XX "bitblt" Heap Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[qemu] Revision 5587 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.savannah.gnu.org Third Party Advisory
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: kvm-65-15.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.dk Git - qemu.git/commitdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.dk
Bug 448525 – CVE-2007-1320 xen/qemu Cirrus LGD-54XX "bitblt" Heap Overflow [Fedora 9] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[Secure-testing-commits] r10251 - data/CVE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1799-1 qemu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 466890 – CVE-2008-4539 kvm/qemu/xen: Incomplete upstream fix for CVE-2007-1320 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for kvm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
cvs commit: ports/emulators/qemu Makefile ports/emulators/qemu/files pat af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mail-archive.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
“qemu” source package : Jaunty (9.04) : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Debian update for qemu - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
QEMU Various Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.dk Git - qemu.git/commitdiff MITRE git.kernel.dk
cvs commit: ports/emulators/qemu Makefile ports/emulators/qemu/files pat MITRE www.mail-archive.com
[Secure-testing-commits] r10251 - data/CVE MITRE www.mail-archive.com
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