CVE-2008-4916

mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.33% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

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71 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

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

4.6

010

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

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.1 · impact 6.9

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferredCWE-354USLLM-inferred

affected products (71)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
emc vmware playerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:emc:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 1.0.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware ace= 2.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware esx= 3.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware esx= 3.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware esx= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware esxi= 3.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vmware player= 1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2009-04-06modified 2026-06-16

references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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