CVE-2008-1944
Published May 14, 2008
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- 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."
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Evaluator
- Comment
- -
- Impact
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443078 "The PVFB backend is a user space program running as root in dom0"
- Solution
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443078 "The PVFB backend is a user space program running as root in dom0"
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