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CVE-2008-2004
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…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.51%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 14 days later
· 14 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 35062 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 29101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [Qemu-devel] 20080428 [4277] add format= to drive options (CVE-2008-2004) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-776-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=4277 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29963 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29129 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30111 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- qemu-driveinit-security-bypass(42268) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 30717 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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