DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4539

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2008-4539
Downstream
DSA-1799-1
Published: 29 Dec 2008, 15:24
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:10

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Dec 2008, 15:24
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:10
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•qemu

    < 0.9.1+svn20081101-1 | < 0.9.1+svn20081101-1 | < 0.9.1+svn20081101-1 | < 0.9.1+svn20081101-1

References (1)