CVE-2008-1944

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 None

Description

Buffer overflow in the backend framebuffer of XenSource Xen Para-Virtualized Framebuffer (PVFB) Message 3.0 through 3.0.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SDL crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "bogus screen updates," related to missing validation of the "format of messages."

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-1944

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-05-14T18:20:00

Last Modified Date
2017-09-29T01:30:57

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator
		AND
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:5:::::::*	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::client:::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0::server:::::	0	OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization_server:5:::::::*	0	OR
cpe:2.3:a:xensource:xen:3.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:xensource:xen:3.0.3:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.2

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1944
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1944

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:25:01				Added to TrackCVE