CVE-2014-2384 — vmx86.sys in VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build 1379776 and VMware Player 6.0.1 build 1379776 on Windows might allow local users to cause a denial of service (read access violation and system crash) via a crafted buffer in an IOCTL call

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vmx86.sys in VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build 1379776 and VMware Player 6.0.1 build 1379776 on Windows might allow local users to cause a denial of service (read access violation and system crash) via a crafted buffer in an IOCTL call

Published Apr 15, 2014

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.29%

Description

vmx86.sys in VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build 1379776 and VMware Player 6.0.1 build 1379776 on Windows might allow local users to cause a denial of service (read access violation and system crash) via a crafted buffer in an IOCTL call. NOTE: the researcher reports "Vendor rated issue as non-exploitable."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.29% 0.00294

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00294

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.29% (0.00294)	19.95th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.29% (0.00292)	20.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00031)	5.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (2)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/163
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2384/
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/163		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2384/		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 15, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 13, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2384

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2384

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2384