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FKIE_CVE-2009-3616

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-10-23 18:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:12
Summary
Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in vnc.c in the VNC server in QEMU 0.10.6 and earlier might allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS by establishing a connection from a VNC client and then (1) disconnecting during data transfer, (2) sending a message using incorrect integer data types, or (3) using the Fuzzy Screen Mode protocol, related to double free vulnerabilities.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5Broken Link, Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331Broken Link, Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8Mailing List, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131Issue Tracking, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641Exploit, Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=198a0039c5Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/qemu.git/commit/?id=753b405331Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=qemu-devel&m=124324043812915Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2009-1272.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/5Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/16/8Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36716Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=501131Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=505641Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508567Issue Tracking
Impacted products

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