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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4916 · published 6 April 2009

CVE-2008-4916: Emc vmware player vulnerability

Emc · Vmware Player

Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.

4.6 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.33% · top 75.8%
4.6CVSS 2.0 base score
0.33%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
7Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

7 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4916), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.