CVE-2008-4917 describes an unspecified vulnerability in multiple VMware products, including Workstation, Player, Server, ESXi, and ESX. This flaw allows a guest operating system user to trigger an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption with unknown impact. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.2, <= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.