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CVE-2013-1406

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
11/02/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) implementation in vmci.sys in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5 and 9.x before 9.0.1 on Windows, VMware Fusion 4.1 before 4.1.4 and 5.0 before 5.0.2, VMware View 4.x before 4.6.2 and 5.x before 5.1.2 on Windows, VMware ESXi 4.0 through 5.1, and VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 does not properly restrict memory allocation by control code, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.0.18997:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.1.27038:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:8.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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