CVE-2017-4938

MEDIUM

VMware Workstation/Fusion <12.5.8-8.5.9 - Use After Free

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0005
EPSS Percentile 14.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (28)
vmware/fusion 8.0.0
vmware/fusion 8.0.1
vmware/fusion 8.0.2
vmware/fusion 8.1.0
vmware/fusion 8.1.1
vmware/fusion 8.5.0
vmware/fusion 8.5.1
vmware/fusion 8.5.2
vmware/fusion 8.5.3
vmware/fusion 8.5.4
... and 18 more
Published Nov 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026