Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption
Published Dec 9, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Workstation 5.5.8 and earlier, and 6.0.5 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player 1.0.8 and earlier, and 2.0.5 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.0.9 and earlier; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2 through 3.5 allows guest OS users to have an unknown impact by sending the virtual hardware a request that triggers an arbitrary physical-memory write operation, leading to memory corruption.
Affected products
No data.
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:N/C:C/I:C/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 | 0.46% (0.00462) | 37.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00462) | 36.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 11.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 30.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32965 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory |
Change history (0)
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