CVE-2008-4917

high

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597

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

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

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301

http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/32965

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-09

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High