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."
Published Mar 20, 2008
7.1
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.74%
Description
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."
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.4
- 5.5.5
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 5.5
- 5.5.3_build_34685
- 5.5.3_build_42958
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.4_build_44386
- 6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 76.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01736) | 74.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00944) | 74.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.06% (0.02064) | 73.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.94% (0.00944) | 74.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 1, 2025 | 7.67% (0.07666) | 94.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.92% (0.03924) | 92.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.45% (0.03450) | 91.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 1.63% (0.01634) | 87.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 23, 2023 | 1.68% (0.01676) | 86.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2023 | 1.73% (0.01732) | 86.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.60% (0.01605) | 85.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 82.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 81.17th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.69% (0.02686) | 62.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000008.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3755 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019624 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489739/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28276 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0005.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0905/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41250 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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