01 Record

CVE-2008-2098

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 6 before 6.0.4 build 93057, VMware Player 2 before 2.0.4 build 93057, VMware ACE 2 before 2.0.2 build

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 39.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2008-06-02 14:00Z18 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 08:49Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2008-05-07

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ff29787603a73f997fd64a9e51eae4cf673e75de8994bdd9f56ca0311e2ef0e0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

vmwareace_2Not specified—

vmwarefusionNot specified—

vmwarevmware_player_2Not specified—

vmwarevmware_workstationNot specified—

vmwareworkstationNot specified—

06 References

security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201209-25http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0008.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comvmware-hgfs-bo(42753)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42753vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securitytracker.com1020148http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020148vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com20080530 VMSA-2008-0008 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion resolve critical security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492831/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
www.vupen.comADV-2008-1707http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1707/referencesvdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com30476http://secunia.com/advisories/30476third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA