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.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1799-1 New qemu packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4520 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-776-1 KVM vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.858Z

Reserved: 2008-10-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4539

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-29T15:24:23.563

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4539

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4539 - Bugzilla

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