Is CVE-2008-4279 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4279 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4279?

CVE-2008-4279 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4279?

CVE-2008-4279 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4279?

Upgrade player to 2.0.5 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4279

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated guest OS users to gain additional guest OS privileges by triggering an exception that causes the virtual CPU to perform an indirect jump to a non-canonical address.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

playerNVD

Affected:>= 2.0, < 2.0.5Fixed in:2.0.5CVE-2008-4279derived from NVD

serverNVD

Affected:>= 1.0, < 1.0.8Fixed in:1.0.8CVE-2008-4279derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 6.0, < 6.0.5Fixed in:6.0.5CVE-2008-4279derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory11

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.