The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and…

Description

The DHCP server in EMC VMware Workstation before 5.5.5 Build 56455 and 6.x before 6.0.1 Build 55017, Player before 1.0.5 Build 56455 and Player 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, ACE before 1.0.3 Build 54075 and ACE 2 before 2.0.1 Build 55017, and Server before 1.0.4 Build 56528 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed packet that triggers "corrupt stack memory."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.5% · top 6.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 25729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• GLSA-200711-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• USN-543-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 1018717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• ADV-2007-3229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 27694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070919 VMWare DHCP Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• dhcp-malformed-packet-bo(33101) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 26890 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-0061](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-0061.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-0061)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:03 UTC.