CVE-2007-5438 Denial of service in n/a

Low 1.9 Published 13 Oct 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a denial of service in the Virtual Disk Mount Service via a vulnerable ActiveX control in VMware products.

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-2007-5438?

CVE-2007-5438 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Oct 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in a certain ActiveX control in Reconfig.DLL in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000, VMware Player 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, VMware ACE 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108880, VMware ACE 2.x before 2.0.5 build 109488, and VMware Server before 1.0.7 build 108231 might allow local users to cause a denial of service to the Virtual Disk Mount Service (vmount2.exe), related to the ConnectPopulatedDiskEx function.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5438?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Vmware Ace, Vmware Vmware Player, Vmware Vmware Server, Vmware Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5438 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-2007-5438 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5438 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-3x3h-397m-6f9w.