CVE-2007-5617

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-10-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.

Affected products

VMware Player: from 1.0.0 before 1.0.5; from 2.0 before 2.0.1 — fixed in 1.0.5, 2.0.1
VMware Workstation: from 5.5 before 5.5.5; from 6.0 before 6.0.1 — fixed in 5.5.5, 6.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Player 1.0.5, 2.0.1; VMware Workstation 5.5.5, 6.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706

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