CVE-2008-4539

NameCVE-2008-4539
DescriptionHeap-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1799-1
Debian Bugs526040

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qemu (PTS)buster1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8fixed
buster (security)1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u10fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, sid1:7.2+dfsg-7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qemusourceetch0.8.2-4etch3DSA-1799-1
qemusourcelenny0.9.1-10lenny1DSA-1799-1
qemusource(unstable)0.9.1+svn20081101-1low526040

Notes

[etch] - qemu <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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