CVE-2008-2382 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the VNC server in Qemu versions 0.9.1 and earlier, and KVM versions kvm-79 and earlier. A remote attacker can trigger an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted message to the VNC server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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