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medium 5.0

CVE-2008-2382 json

The protocol_client_msg function in vnc.c in the VNC server in (1) Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier and (2) KVM kvm-79 and earlier allows remote atta…

published 2008-12-24 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2377

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.6%
EPSS 6.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The protocol_client_msg function in vnc.c in the VNC server in (1) Qemu 0.9.1 and earlier and (2) KVM kvm-79 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a certain message.

Patch / fix

  • qemu Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.9.1-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2382

  • qemu openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.1-1.5
  • qemu-linux-user openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.6.1-1.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10233-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10285-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-2382 updated

qemu/kvm: remote DoS (infinite loop) via specially-crafted VNC message received by the domain

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32675)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32675 QEMU 0.9 / KVM 36/79 - VNC Server Remote Denial of Service dos, 2008-12-22
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1021489 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32910 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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