PT-2008-5771 · Fabrice Bellard+1 · Qemu+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2008-12-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-4539

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KVM versions prior to kvm-82 QEMU (affected versions not specified)

Description A heap-based buffer overflow exists in the Cirrus VGA implementation, potentially allowing local users to gain privileges. This issue is related to an incorrect fix for a previous problem and might be exploited through the VNC console.

Recommendations For KVM versions prior to kvm-82, update to version kvm-82 or later to resolve the issue. For QEMU, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4539

DSA-1799-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10285-1

Affected Products

Kvm

Qemu

References · 81

• 🔥 http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4539 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10285-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4539 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4531 · Note
• http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4527 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4150 · Note