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CVE-2008-0928

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0928 describes a vulnerability in Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier where a lack of range checks for block device read/write requests allows a root-privileged guest user to access arbitrary memory, leading to a virtual machine escape. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity, and a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen-0:3.0.3-41.el5_1.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0928Moderate

Qemu insufficient block device address range checking

Feb 19, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/29081
secunia.com / advisories/29129
secunia.com / advisories/29136
secunia.com / advisories/29172
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29963
secunia.com / advisories/34642
secunia.com / advisories/35031
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9706
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00852.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00857.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00900.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00957.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1799
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00830.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00850.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28001