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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4917

CVE-2008-4917

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.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Esx2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=3.0.2,<=3.5
    • (no CPE)range: 3.0.2 - 3.5
  • VMware/Esxi2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 3.5
  • VMware/Player2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0.0,<=1.0.8
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.0.8, <=2.0.5
  • VMware/Server2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0,<=1.0.9
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.0.9
  • VMware/Workstation2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.5,<=5.5.8
    • (no CPE)range: <=5.5.8, <=6.0.5

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