CVE-2008-1340

Description

Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.3, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via crafted VMCI calls that trigger "memory exhaustion and memory corruption."

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41250

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html

http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28289

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded

http://securitytracker.com/id?1019624

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755

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

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3