CVE-2008-5714
N/A
Published: December 24, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorQEMU
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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