CVE-2008-2097
HIGH · CVSS 9.0EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the openwsman management service in VMware ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3.5 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via an "invalid Content-Length."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2094)
- Published
- June 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esxi
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30556(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30581(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3922
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020199
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29547
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42875
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5640
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5759
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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