Buffer overflow in VMware Ace
CVE-2007-0061
The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers "corrupt stack memory."
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace
- VMware Esx — versions 2.0.2, 2.1.3, 2.5.3
- VMware Player
- VMware Server
- VMware Workstation
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25729 (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27694 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.iss.net/threats/275.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)