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CVE-2008-1944
Buffer overflow in the backend framebuffer of XenSource Xen Para-Virtualized Framebuffer (PVFB) Message 3.0 through 3.0.3 allows local…
High7.2EPSS 0.47%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- RHSA-2008:0194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1020009 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- xen-pvfb-message-dos(42388) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10868 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 29186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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