# CVE-2008-4916: 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 versio

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-04-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021973
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6439

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