CVE-2008-4917

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.

Published: 2008-12-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4917 is rated Moderate Risk (41.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4917

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 2026-06-15 0.07% 0.46% +0.39%
2 2025-05-05 0.05% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4917

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4917

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4917

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-4917: 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-2008-4917

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4917

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware esx >= 3.0.2, <= 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player >= 1.0.0, <= 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player >= 2.0, <= 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server >= 1.0, <= 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation >= 5.5, <= 5.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation >= 6.0, <= 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4917

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