CVE-2014-1208

VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.1, VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware Fusion 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (VMX process disruption) by using an invalid port.

Published: 2014-01-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1208 is rated Low Risk (29.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1208

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 2025-04-15 0.25% 0.24% -0.01%
2 2025-03-17 0.22% 0.25% +0.03%
3 2023-07-14 — 0.22% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1208

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 2.0 LOW
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.5 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.0:4:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:4.1:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esx 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1208

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