CVE-2007-2455 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service in Parallels virtual machines by executing specific invalid or malformed CPU instructions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-2455?
CVE-2007-2455 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Parallels Parallels Desktop, 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
Parallels allows local users to cause a denial of service (virtual machine abort) via (1) certain INT instructions, as demonstrated by INT 0xAA; (2) an IRET instruction when an invalid address is at the top of the stack; (3) a malformed MOVNTI instruction, as demonstrated by using a register as a destination; or a write operation to (4) SEGR6 or (5) SEGR7.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2455?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Parallels Parallels Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2455?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2455 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-2007-2455 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2455 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Parallels Parallels Desktop
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2q5q-67x8-5hg2.