CVE-2017-4899

MEDIUM

VMware Workstation Pro/Player <12.5.3 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-125

Status published

Products (11)

vmware/workstation_player

vmware/workstation_pro

... and 1 more

Published Jun 07, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026