CVE-2008-4539
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.
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- debian:debian_linux
- kvm_qumranet:kvm
- qemu:qemu
References
- http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069
- http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129