CVE-2008-4539
highpriority · track · 29EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.1–7.2
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affected products (7)
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references (40)
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- http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069enisa_euvd
- http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=sourceenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25073enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33350enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35031enisa_euvd
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