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CVE-2008-4916

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in a guest virtual device driver in VMware Workstation before 5.5.9 build 126128, and 6.5.1 and earlier 6.x versions; VMware Player before 1.0.9 build 126128, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware ACE before 1.0.8 build 125922, and 2.5.1 and earlier 2.x versions; VMware Server 1.x before 1.0.8 build 126538 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745; VMware Fusion before 2.0.1; VMware ESXi 3.5; and VMware ESX 3.0.2, 3.0.3, and 3.5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unknown vectors.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.6 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score
0.3% (27th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-4895)
Published
April 6, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4895 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • emc / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware ace
  • vmware / vmware esx
  • vmware / vmware esx
  • vmware / vmware esx
  • vmware / vmware esxi
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware player
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware server
  • vmware / vmware workstation

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References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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