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."
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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