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title: "CVE-2008-1340\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-1340

Publication date 20 March 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware Workstation 6.0.x
before 6.0.3, VMware Player 2.0.x before 2.0.3, and VMware ACE 2.0.x before
2.0.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via
crafted VMCI calls that trigger "memory exhaustion and memory corruption."

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-1340?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| vmware-player | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

2.0 only

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1340)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1340)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-1340)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1340)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1340>