CVE-2008-1340 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) of VMware Workstation, Player, and ACE, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to crash the host OS through crafted VMCI calls leading to memory exhaustion and corruption. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability for the host system. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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