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CVE-2008-4539

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-12-29 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxCanonical Ubuntu LinuxKvm Qumranet KvmQemu Qemu

Weakness Type

CWE-119

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