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CVE-2008-1944

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
14/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:virtualization_server:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xensource:xen:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xensource:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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