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CVE-2008-4539 Details

Description

Heap-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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069	CVE
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html	CVE
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069	[email protected]
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html	[email protected]
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
kvm qumranet kvm	<= 81
CPE cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
qemu qemu	< 0.10.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	8.04 8.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	4.0 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 14, 2021	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 30, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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