CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3892

10.0 HIGH Published 2008-09-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a call to the GuestInfo method in which there is a long string argument, and an assignment of a long string value to the result of this call. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2008-3691, CVE-2008-3692, CVE-2008-3693, CVE-2008-3694, CVE-2008-3695, or CVE-2008-3696.

Affected configurations

• vmware ace (>= 1.0 < 1.0.7) • vmware ace (>= 2.0 < 2.0.5) • vmware player (>= 1.0.0 < 1.0.8) • vmware player (>= 2.0 < 2.0.5) • vmware server (< 1.0.7) • vmware workstation (>= 5.5 < 5.5.8) • vmware workstation (>= 6.0 < 6.0.5)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References