Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors
Published Apr 6, 2009
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- 1.0
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.5
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.5
- 3.5
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.0.9
- 1.01
- 1.05
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.05
- 2.0
- 4.5.3
- 5.0
- 5.5.0
- 5.5.1
- 5.5.2
- 5.5.3
- 5.5.4
- 5.5.5
- 5.5.6
- 5.5.7
- 5.5.8
- 6.0
- 6.0.0.45731
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.03
- 6.5
- 6.5.1
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:L/AC:L/Au:S/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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 24.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 24.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00038) | 8.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.