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CVE-2008-4917

N/A

Published: December 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC

5 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationESXiPlayer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

3.0.2 ≤ v ≤ 3.5

95%

Player · VMware

95%

1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.82.0 ≤ v ≤ 2.0.5

Server · VMware

95%

1.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.0.9

Workstation · VMware

95%

5.5 ≤ v ≤ 5.5.86.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.0.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (10)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/32965

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-399

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