CVE-2008-4539 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-4539

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA implementation in (1)...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

kvm qumranet

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Affected Software

kvm, qemu, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 8.04, 8.10, 4.0, 5.0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 29th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.