CVE-2008-3892

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3892
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-03 14:12:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Ace All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware ACE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Server Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason - VMware * address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com Third Party Advisory
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Player Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
VMware Workstation 6 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
VMware COM API ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Player Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware 'vmCOM.dll' 'GuestInfo()' Method ActiveX Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Workstation 5.5 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Workstation Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
VMware Multiple ActiveX Controls Multiple Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Full-disclosure] VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Third Party Advisory
VMware ACE Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Vendor Advisory
VMware Server Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
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