CVE-2008-0928: qemu
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-0928 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2Timeline
- 03-03-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
31%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.37% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 0.9.1+svn20081207-1
Qemu1 product
- qemu0.1.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.1.2 | 0.1.3 | 0.1.4 | 0.1.5 | 0.1.6 | 0.2.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.3 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.5.4 | 0.5.5 | 0.6.0 | 0.6.1 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.8.2 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
23 links- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00850.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00852.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433560X Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 23 references
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00857.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00830.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9706VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL