CVE-2011-0355

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS Score
1.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 17% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C
Published: February 17, 2011 (5565 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module (VEM) 4.0(4) SV1(1) through SV1(3b), as used in VMware ESX 4.0 and 4.1 and ESXi 4.0 and 4.1, does not properly handle dropped packets, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (ESX or ESXi host OS crash) by sending an 802.1Q tagged packet over an access vEthernet port, aka Cisco Bug ID CSCtj17451.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

cisco 1000v virtual ethernet module \(vem\)vmware esxvmware esxi

References

🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 secunia.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 securitytracker.com 🔗 www.cisco.com