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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-2098

CVE-2008-2098

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 93057, and VMware Fusion before 1.1.2 build 87978, when folder sharing is used, allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

12
  • VMware/Ace 22 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace_2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Fusion2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Vmware Player 24 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_player_2:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vmware_workstation:6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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