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GSD-2008-4539

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
Details
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Cirrus VGA implementation in (1) KVM before kvm-82 and (2) QEMU on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu might allow local users to gain privileges by using the VNC console for a connection, aka the LGD-54XX "bitblt" heap overflow. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-1320.
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2021-05-14T18:37Z",
      "publishedDate": "2008-12-29T15:24Z"
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