HIGH
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)
Published May 2, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.98%
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
No data.
- ≤ 5.5.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.98% 0.01983
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01983
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01983) | 79.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.98% (0.01983) | 77.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.07% (0.01073) | 76.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 6.00% (0.06003) | 93.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 13.42% (0.13422) | 95.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 5, 2024 | 8.60% (0.08603) | 94.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 27, 2024 | 5.73% (0.05725) | 92.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 4.59% (0.04595) | 91.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 3.31% (0.03312) | 90.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 2.36% (0.02363) | 88.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 1.57% (0.01567) | 85.28th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01138) | 82.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://osvdb.org/35507 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25079 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=49 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467836/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23732 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018011 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33994 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/35507 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25079 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=49 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467836/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/467936/30/6690/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/469011/30/6510/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23732 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018011 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33994 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 2, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 22, 2007
Link CVE-2007-1069
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a