CVE-2017-4899

MEDIUM

VMware Workstation Pro/Player <12.5.3 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
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 Pro/Player 12.x prior to version 12.5.3
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_player 12.1.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.5.0
vmware/workstation_player 12.5.1
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.0
vmware/workstation_pro 12.0.1
vmware/workstation_pro 12.1.0
vmware/workstation_pro 12.5.0
... and 1 more
Published Jun 07, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026