CVE-2008-0928

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    CVE-2008-0928

    Published: 3 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/29081, http://secunia.com/advisories/29129, http://secunia.com/advisories/29136, http://secunia.com/advisories/29172, http://secunia.com/advisories/29963, http://secunia.com/advisories/34642, http://secunia.com/advisories/35031, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433560, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html, http://marc.info/?l=debian-security&m=120343592917055&w=2, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00830.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00850.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28001, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9706, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00852.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00857.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High