CVE-2008-1944
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1943)
- Published
- May 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1943 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / virtualization server
- xensource / xen
- xensource / xen
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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