CVE-2008-2004

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 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: yes
Published: 2008-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.

Affected products

QEMU: 0.9.1

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-04/msg00675.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963
http://secunia.com/advisories/30111
http://secunia.com/advisories/30717
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29101
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1

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