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CVE-2008-4917 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 CVEThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml CVEThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-399Resource Management Errors[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
vmware esx
>= 3.0.2, <= 3.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware esxi
3.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware player
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.8
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware server
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.9

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
vmware workstation
>= 5.5, <= 5.5.8
>= 6.0, <= 6.0.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4917
NVD Published Date:
Dec 9, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-4917 Details - Not Deferred