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CVE-2007-1337
The virtual machine process (VMX) in VMware Workstation before 5.5.4 does not properly read state information when moving from the ACPI…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- vmware-acpi-unspecified(33990) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23732 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1592 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20070518 VMSA-2007-0004.1 Updated: Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed and directory traversal vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25079 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1018011 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html#554 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070507 VMSA-2007-0004 Multiple Denial-of-Service issues fixed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1334 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2007-1337)Record last updated .