CVE-2008-4917 Memory corruption in n/a
Guest OS users can trigger arbitrary physical-memory writes via virtual hardware requests, leading to memory corruption and potential host compromise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-4917?
CVE-2008-4917 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 9 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4917?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Player, Vmware Server, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4917?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-4917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as GHSA-46c6-67jv-855j.