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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-0928 Detail

Description

Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier does not perform range checks for block device read or write requests, which allows guest host users with root privileges to access arbitrary memory and escape the virtual machine.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=debian-security&m=120343592917055&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29081 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29136 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29172 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00830.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00850.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28001 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433560 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9706 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00852.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00857.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0928
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2008
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE