# CVE-2007-1337: Denial of service in n/a

> Attackers can cause a denial of service by triggering a virtual machine reboot via improper state handling during ACPI sleep transitions.

- **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 stated
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not stated
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g53g-p3h8-f368

## What is CVE-2007-1337?

CVE-2007-1337 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.

### Official description

The virtual machine process (VMX) in VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 does not properly read state information when moving from the ACPI sleep state to the run state, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (virtual machine reboot) via unknown vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1337?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Vmware Workstation.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-1337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2007-1337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1337 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-2007-1337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-1337 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1337 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-2007-1337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1337/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-1337

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1337/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.