CVE-2008-4914 Denial of service in n/a
Local administrators can crash the host by creating a snapshot with a malformed VMDK delta disk in VMware ESX/ESXi.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4914?
CVE-2008-4914 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 3 Feb 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unspecified vulnerability in VMware ESXi 3.5 before ESXe350-200901401-I-SG and ESX 3.5 before ESX350-200901401-SG allows local administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a snapshot with a malformed VMDK delta disk.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4914?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4914?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4914 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-4914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-26wx-wm74-72f9.