CVE-2007-1337

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% 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 virtual machine process (VMX) in VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 does not properly read state information when moving from the ACPI sleep state to the run state, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual machine reboot) via unknown vectors.

Affected products

VMware Workstation: through 5.5.3

References

http://osvdb.org/35508
http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
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/33990
http://osvdb.org/35508
http://secunia.com/advisories/25079
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded

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