CVE-2008-4914

MEDIUM 4.7CVE-2008-4914 · Published 03/02/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-4914 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability affecting esx (vmware), esxi (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.32%, higher than 25.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
esx vmware	`= 3.5`	No fix yet
esxi vmware	`= 3.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/33776 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/33549 · Patch
securitytracker.com/id
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0001.html · Vendor Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0301
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5909

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

esx

vmware

= 3.5

No fix yet

esxi

vmware

= 3.5

No fix yet

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