CVE-2008-2004
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (44th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2002)
- Published
- May 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2002 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- qemu / qemu
References
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30111(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42268
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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