Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 29, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4539
CVE-2008-4539
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.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/qemu-linux-user&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 2.6.1-1.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.1-1.5
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.1-1.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
20- groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.changes.devel/msg/9e0dc008572f2867nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/25073nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29129nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33350nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/34642nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35031nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/35062nvdThird Party Advisory
- svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47736nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/qemu/0.9.1+svn20081112-1ubuntu1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01223.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.dknvd
- www.mail-archive.com/cvs-all%40freebsd.org/msg129730.htmlnvd
- www.mail-archive.com/secure-testing-commits%40lists.alioth.debian.org/msg09322.htmlnvd
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