Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 6, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4916
CVE-2008-4916
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
71- cpe:2.3:a:emc:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 19 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 21 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.0.45731:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.4:build_93057:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.htmlnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439nvd
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