CVE-2007-1320

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the cirrus_invalidate_region function in the Cirrus VGA extension in QEMU 0.8.2, as used in Xen and possibly other products, might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to "attempting to mark non-existent regions as dirty," aka the "bitblt" heap overflow.

Published: 2007-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1320 is rated Low Risk (34.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1320

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-26 0.16% 0.05% -0.11%
2 2025-03-17 0.06% 0.16% +0.09%
3 2024-06-27 0.06%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1320

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1320

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-1320

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2007-1320 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (qemu), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1320
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1320
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-1320 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (kvm, qemu, qemu-kvm, xen-3.1), 31 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 11, released 7, not-affected 6, ignored 5, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1320

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1320

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qemu qemu 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 8 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 9 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora_core 6 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1320

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/35494 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25095 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27047 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27085 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27103 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27486 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29129 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30413 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 Third Party Advisory
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf Technical Description Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1284 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23731 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1597 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10315 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00706.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00935.html Third Party Advisory
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