Is CVE-2008-4917 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4917 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4917?

CVE-2008-4917 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-4917

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 0.5% (38th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-4896)
Published: December 9, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4896 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

vmware / esx
vmware / esxi
vmware / player
vmware / server
vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived

References

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006980(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006986(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32965(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021300(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021301(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498886/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32597(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6246(Third Party Advisory)

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

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