HIGH
qemu: off-by-one error in monitor.c causing VNC passwords to be truncated after 7th character
Published Dec 24, 2008
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.11%
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
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Xen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.11% 0.02112
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02112
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02112) | 81.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.11% (0.02112) | 79.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.75% (0.00748) | 71.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 80.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 79.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 76.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-11/msg01224.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2008-12/msg00498.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35062 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=5966 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/monitor.c?root=qemu&r1=5966&r2=5965&pathrev=5966 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33020 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5714 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481376 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47683 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5714
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5714
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 24, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 24, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5714
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a