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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-4917 · published 9 December 2008

CVE-2008-4917: Vmware esx vulnerability

Vmware · Esx

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.46% · top 61.9% CWE-399 · CWE-399
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.46%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
5Affected product versions listed by NVD
20References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 PatchVendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 PatchVendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-4917), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.