4.7

CVE-2008-0928: qemu

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-0928
Published 03-03-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

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.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.7/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 03-03-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last 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 version

EPSS 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

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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

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