CVE-2007-5617

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in VMware Player 1.0.x before 1.0.5 and 2.0 before 2.0.1, and Workstation 5.x before 5.5.5 and 6.x before 6.0.1, prevents it from launching, which has unspecified impact, related to untrusted virtual machine images.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.86% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory vmware.com Vendor Advisory vmware.com Vendor Advisory vmware.com Vendor Advisory vmware.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html	third party advisory mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26890	third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706	third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5617?: CVE-2007-5617 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5617?: To fix CVE-2007-5617, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5617 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2007-5617 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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