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CVE-2008-1945
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…
Low2.1EPSS 0.47%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 35062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- qemu-image-security-bypass(44269) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 32088 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 32063 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34642 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-776-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-1799 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0892 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1020959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 35031 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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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