CVE-2007-0062
Integer overflow in the ISC dhcpd 3.0.x before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1; and 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 cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a malformed DHCP packet with a large dhcp-max-message-size that triggers a stack-based buffer overflow, related to servers configured to send many DHCP options to clients.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0066)
- Published
- September 21, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0066 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / server
- vmware / vmware workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=227135
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26890(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27694(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31396(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34263(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-05.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0041
- http://www.iss.net/threats/275.html(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:153
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501759/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25729(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018717
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-543-1
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace/doc/releasenotes_ace.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ace2/doc/releasenotes_ace2.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player/doc/releasenotes_player.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/releasenotes_ws55.html(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=339561
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33102
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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