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CVE-2008-2100

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2100 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the VIX API 1.1.x (before 1.1.4 build 93057), impacting various VMware products including Workstation, Player, ACE, Server, Fusion, ESXi, and ESX. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity, as it allows guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, <= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0, <= 2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx_server:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esxi:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/30556
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
Third Party Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/3922
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42872
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5081
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5647
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/29552
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1744
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