--- title: "CVE-2007-0998\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0998?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-0998 Publication date 20 March 2007 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | xen-3.0 | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 3.0.3-0ubuntu10 | | 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | xen-3.1 | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 3.1.0-0ubuntu15 | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0998) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-0998) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-0998) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0998) ### Other references *