CVE-2008-5714

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Off-by-one error in monitor.c in Qemu 0.9.1 might make it easier for remote attackers to guess the VNC password, which is limited to seven characters where eight was intended.

Affected products

QEMU: 0.9.1

References

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683

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