CVE-2008-5714
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5685)
- Published
- December 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5685 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/2008-11/msg01224.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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