CVE-2007-1069

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The memory management in VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (Windows virtual machine crash) by triggering certain general protection faults (GPF).

Affected products

VMware Workstation: through 5.5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/35507
http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=49
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467836/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23732
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018011
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33994
http://osvdb.org/35507

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