HIGH
VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic
Published May 3, 2011
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.41%
Description
VMware ESXi 4.0 and 4.1 and ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket exhaustion) via unspecified network traffic.
Affected products
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.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.41% 0.03409
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03409
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 88.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.41% (0.03409) | 87.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.29% (0.05293) | 89.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.49% (0.05486) | 93.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.49% (0.05486) | 91.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/72118 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8240 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025452 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47627 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67195 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13242 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1035108 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000133.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/72118 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8240 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1025452 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517739/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47627 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0007.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67195 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13242 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 3, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2011
Link CVE-2011-1785
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a