CVE-2008-4917

N/A Unknown
Published: December 09, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

vmware

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