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CVE-2008-4539 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.2 HIGH

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	NIST

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Change History

5 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:02:49 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		MITRE http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 [No types assigned]
Added	Reference		MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html [No types assigned]
Added	Reference		MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html [No types assigned]
Removed	Reference	MITRE http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069
Removed	Reference	MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all@freebsd.org/msg129730.html
Removed	Reference	MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/14/2021 2:37:25 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::-:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 4538 characters. View Entire Change Record AND OR cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:3::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:4::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:5::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:6::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:7::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:10::::::: cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm:11:::::::	AND OR cpe:2.3:a:kvm_qumranet:kvm::::::::* versions up to (including) 81 cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::* versions up to (excluding) 0.10.0 OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:-:::::::*
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 Exploit	http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git;a=commitdiff;h=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source No Types Assigned	http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587 No Types Assigned	http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5587 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all@freebsd.org/msg129730.html No Types Assigned	http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all@freebsd.org/msg129730.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html No Types Assigned	http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1 No Types Assigned	https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4539
NVD Published Date:
12/29/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE

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CVE-2008-4539 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:57:33 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 11/06/2023 9:02:49 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/14/2021 2:37:25 PM

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/07/2017 9:32:43 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 12/30/2008 9:07:00 AM

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