# CVE-2007-1069: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can crash Windows virtual machines in VMware Workstation by triggering general protection faults, causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j44h-g9x8-c6r3

## What is CVE-2007-1069?

CVE-2007-1069 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 2 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-1069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-1069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Workstation

- [CVE-2019-5525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5525/): Use after free in VMware Workstation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-5511](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5511/): Path traversal in VMware Workstation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-5512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5512/): Privilege escalation in VMware Workstation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-20854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-20854/): Path traversal in VMware Workstation (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2019-5526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5526/): Privilege escalation in VMware Workstation (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-1069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-1069 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Workstation, published on 2 May 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Vmware Workstation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1069/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.