Buffer overflow in VMware Ace
CVE-2007-0062
Integer overflow in the ISC dhcpd 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1; and 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 cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP packet with a large dhcp-max-message-size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow, related to servers configured to send many DHCP options to clients.
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: 0.076 (94.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Ace — versions 1.0.3, 2.0
- VMware Player — versions 1.0.4, 2.0
- VMware Server — versions 1.0.3
- VMware Workstation — versions 6.0.1
- VMware Workstation — versions 3.4, 4.0, 4.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25729 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501759/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27694 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31396 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.iss.net/threats/275.html (Patch, third-party-advisory)