CVE-2007-0998
The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.0% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0992)
- Published
- March 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0992 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / fedora core
- redhat / fedora core
- xen / qemu
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2802
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2803
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html
- http://osvdb.org/34304
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0114.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24575(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22967
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017764
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1019(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1020(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1021(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33085
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10486
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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