CVE-2008-4539

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 third party advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.html mailing list
http://www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.html mailing list
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466890 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33350 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448525 issue tracking third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=237342 issue tracking third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 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 vendor advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867?dmode=source third party advisory mailing list
http://git.kernel.dk/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=65d35a09979e63541afc5bfc595b9f1b1b4ae069
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031 third party advisory
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4539?
CVE-2008-4539 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4539?
To fix CVE-2008-4539, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4539 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-4539 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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