CVE-2008-5714
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-12-24 17:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:04
Severity ?
Summary
Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.
Impacted products
n/an/a
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