CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-1944
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-05-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
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."
Affected configurations
• xensource xen 3.0
• xensource xen 3.0.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html www.redhat.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009 www.securitytracker.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868 oval.cisecurity.org