CVE-2005-4459

highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.142 · 97 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

14.2% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

21 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-21

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NAT networking components vmnat.exe and vmnet-natd in VMWare Workstation 5.5, GSX Server 3.2, ACE 1.0.1, and Player 1.0 allows remote authenticated attackers, including guests, to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) EPRT and (2) PORT FTP commands.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.08.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USprimary

affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
vmware ace= 1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 2.0.1_build_2129nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 2.5.1_build_5336nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 2.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 3.0_build_7592nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware gsx server= 3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:gsx_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 4.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 4.5.2_build_8848nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 5.0.0_build_13124nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-12-21modified 2026-07-07

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