Is CVE-2008-1945 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1945 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1945?

CVE-2008-1945 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2008-1945

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS score: 0.5% (41th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1944)
Published: August 8, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1944 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
qemu / qemu
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32063(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32088(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44269(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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