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CVE-2008-2004

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CVE-2008-2004 describes a vulnerability in QEMU 0.9.1 where a local guest user can read arbitrary files on the host system. This is achieved by manipulating the header of a raw disk image, causing QEMU to misinterpret its format upon guest restart. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity, leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2008-2004Moderate

qemu/kvm/xen: qemu block format auto-detection vulnerability

Apr 27, 2008

References

lists.gnu.org / archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/29129
secunia.com / advisories/29963
secunia.com / advisories/30111
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30717
secunia.com / advisories/35062
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42268
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11021
svn.savannah.gnu.org / viewvc
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29101
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-776-1