CVE-2008-4917

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.07%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory vmware.com Vendor Advisory vmware.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 third party advisory
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 vdb entry third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4917?
CVE-2008-4917 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4917?
To fix CVE-2008-4917, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4917 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-4917 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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