Unspecified vulnerability in the DHCP service in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.6, VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.6, VMware ACE 1.0.x before 1.0.5, VMware Server 1.0.x before 1.0.5, and VMware Fusion 1.1.x before 1.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-1364 is rated Moderate Risk (60.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-15 | 1.80% | 2.05% | +0.25% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 2.95% | 1.80% | -1.15% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 2.95% | — |
Full EPSS history (11 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
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high | CVE-2008-1364: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-25), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/vmware-player, app-emulation/vmware-server, app-emulation/vmware-workstation); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-1364 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1364 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2008-1364 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (vmware-player, vmware-server), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): DNE 12, ignored 4, not-affected 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1364 |
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of dhcp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | ace | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | ace | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | player | 2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | server | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | vmware_server | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | vmware_server | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_server:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | vmware_workstation | 5.5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | vmware_workstation | 6.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | vmware_workstation | 6.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 5.5.3_build_34685 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 5.5.3_build_42958 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_42958:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 5.5.4 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 5.5.4_build_44386 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.4_build_44386:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| vmware | workstation | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |