98560vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560 CVE-2017-4916
MEDIUM
VMware Workstation 12 Pro - Denial of Service
Record summary
CVE-2017-4916 has a selected CVSS score of 6.5 (medium); EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
Description
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Affected products and versions
1| Product | Source | Version range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Workstation Pro/PlayerBrowse VMware / Workstation Pro/Player | CVE List | All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6 | affected |
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBVMware Workstation 12 Pro - Denial of ServiceExploitDB exploitby Borja MerinoNot analyzed1 file
References
51038526vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526 nvd.nist.gov
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4916 42140exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140 vmware.comConfirmation
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html