CVE-2008-4917
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- vmware/esx · vmware/esxi · vmware/player · vmware/server · vmware/workstation
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32965Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246Third Party Advisory
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32965Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.