Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-1406
CVE-2013-1406
Description
The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
39cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.0.0:u2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.0:u2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:view:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 11 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
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