Vulnerability in VMware Ace
CVE-2008-1340
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."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (77.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 1.0, 2.0
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4
- VMware Server — versions 1.0.3
- VMware Server — versions 1.0.2, 1.0.4
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5.5, 6.0.1, 6.0.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 5.5, 5.5.3_build_34685, 5.5.3_build_42958
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml (vendor-advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41250 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (Patch)
- www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (Patch)
- www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28289 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html (mailing-list, Patch)