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CVE-2008-1340

21
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 33rd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.vmware.com / pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3755
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41250
securityfocus.com / archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/28276
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/28289
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html
Patch
vmware.com / support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html
Patch
vmware.com / support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
Patch
vmware.com / support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0905/references