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CVE-2008-1944

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the backend framebuffer of XenSource Xen Para-Virtualized Framebuffer (PVFB) Message 3.0 through 3.0.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (SDL crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "bogus screen updates," related to missing validation of the "format of messages."

Affected products

• Xensource Xen: 3.0, 3.0.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42388
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10868
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29186
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020009
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443390

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