CVE-2007-1877 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service against the guest OS by forcing the virtual machine process to store malformed configuration information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-1877?
CVE-2007-1877 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
VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service against the guest OS by causing the virtual machine process (VMX) to store malformed configuration information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1877?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1877?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-1877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-1877 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1877 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Workstation
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p9wf-84pm-3gj6.