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CVE-2007-2491 Details

Description

The PIIX4 power management subsystem in EMC VMware Workstation 5.5.3.34685 and VMware Server 1.0.1.29996 allows local users to write to arbitrary memory locations via a crafted poke to I/O port 0x1004, triggering a denial of service (virtual machine crash) or other unspecified impact, a related issue to CVE-2007-1337.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/40088	CVE
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592	CVE
http://osvdb.org/40088	[email protected]
http://taviso.decsystem.org/virtsec.pdf	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1592	[email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
vmware server	1.0.1_build_29996
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:1.0.1_build_29996:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
vmware workstation	5.5.3_build_34685
CPE cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:5.5.3_build_34685:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 7, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]