CVE-2008-4917

Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—

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.

CVSS

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Puntuación base: 7.2

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.46%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 38
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

Tecnologías afectadas (5)

Vmware — ESX Vmware — Esxi Vmware — Player Vmware — Server Vmware — Workstation

CWE

CWE-399

Referencias

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