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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2013-1406

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.

  • Published: Feb 11, 2013
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2013-1406
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / workstation 8.0 8.0.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.0.18997 8.0.0.18997.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.1 8.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.1.27038 8.0.1.27038.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.2 8.0.2.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.3 8.0.3.x
vmware / workstation 8.0.4 8.0.4.x
vmware / workstation 9.0 9.0.x
vmware / fusion 5.0.1 5.0.1.x
vmware / fusion 5.0 5.0.x
vmware / fusion 4.1.1 4.1.1.x
vmware / fusion 4.1.3 4.1.3.x
vmware / fusion 4.1.2 4.1.2.x
vmware / fusion 4.1 4.1.x
vmware / view 4.0.0-u2 4.0.0-u2.x
vmware / view 4.0.0 4.0.0.x
vmware / view 4.5 4.5.x
vmware / view 4.6.0 4.6.0.x
vmware / view 4.6.1 4.6.1.x
vmware / view 5.0 5.0.x
vmware / view 5.0.0-u2 5.0.0-u2.x
vmware / view 5.0.0 5.0.0.x
vmware / view 5.0.1 5.0.1.x
vmware / view 5.1.0 5.1.0.x
vmware / view 5.1.1 5.1.1.x
vmware / esxi 4.1 4.1.x
vmware / esxi 4.0-1 4.0-1.x
vmware / esxi 4.0 4.0.x
vmware / esxi 4.0-3 4.0-3.x
vmware / esxi 5.1 5.1.x
vmware / esxi 5.0-1 5.0-1.x
vmware / esxi 5.0 5.0.x
vmware / esxi 4.1-2 4.1-2.x
vmware / esxi 4.1-1 4.1-1.x
vmware / esxi 5.0-2 5.0-2.x
vmware / esxi 4.0-4 4.0-4.x
vmware / esxi 4.0-2 4.0-2.x
vmware / esx 4.1 4.1.x
vmware / esx 4.0 4.0.x