CVE-2008-1944
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-05-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:41
Severity ?
Summary
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."
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29963Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868
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