CVE-2010-1138

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-04-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The virtual networking stack in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459 on Windows, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 227600, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459 on Windows, VMware ACE 2.6 before 2.6.1 build 227600 and 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, VMware Server 2.x, and VMware Fusion 3.0 before 3.0.1 build 232708 and 2.x before 2.0.7 build 246742 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory on the host OS by examining received network packets, related to interaction between the guest OS and the host vmware-vmx process.

Affected products

VMware Ace: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.6
VMware Fusion: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+2)
VMware Player: 3.0, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3
VMware Server: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
VMware Workstation: 7.0, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3

References

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