CVE-2008-2004: qemu
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-2004 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability in qemu. EPSS estimates a 0.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 12-05-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.51%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.51% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (lists.gnu.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- qemu< 0.9.1-5
Qemu1 product
- qemu0.9.1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
15 links- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277X Refsource CONFIRM
