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CVE-2014-1208· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.1, VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware Fusion 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware

VMware Workstation 9.x before 9.0.1, VMware Player 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware Fusion 5.x before 5.0.1, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (VMX process disruption) by using an invalid port.

LowCVSS 3.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 17, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.7% · 51th percentile
CWE
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Action score

13

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
13 / 40 · 3.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.7%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
vmwareesxi
vmwarefusion
vmwareplayer
vmwareworkstation
vmwareesx

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • vmware esx4.0
  • vmware esx4.1
  • vmware esxi4.0
  • vmware esxi4.1
  • vmware esxi5.0
  • vmware esxi5.1
  • vmware fusion5.0
  • vmware player5.0
  • vmware workstation9.0

Same product

vmware: all records

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    55Plan
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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