Buffer overflow in VMware Ace
CVE-2008-2100
Multiple buffer overflows in VIX API 1.1.x before 1.1.4 build 93057 on VMware Workstation 5.x and 6.x, VMware Player 1.x and 2.x, VMware ACE 2.x, VMware Server 1.x, VMware Fusion 1.x, VMware ESXi 3.5, and VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.5 allow guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace
- VMware Esx — versions 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 3.0.0
- VMware Esxi — versions 3.5
- VMware Esx Server — versions 3.0, 3.5
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Player
- VMware Server
- VMware Workstation
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 (Permissions Required, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42872 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5647 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30556 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5081 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29552 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)