Is CVE-2008-3892 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3892 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3892?

CVE-2008-3892 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3892

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 24.4%EU EUVD

Buffer 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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 24.4% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3878)
Published: September 3, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3878 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

vmware / ace
vmware / player
vmware / server
vmware / workstation

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

VMware® vSphere 5.5 Update 2 - VMware Inc. - Common Criteria 383-4-300 - archived

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31707(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31708(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31709(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31710(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29503(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30934(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43062(VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6345(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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