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CVE-2017-4904

The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.

Published

2017-06-07T18:29:00.397

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware fusion < 8.5.6 Yes
Application vmware fusion_pro < 8.5.6 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x - No
Application vmware workstation_player < 12.5.5 Yes
Application vmware workstation_pro < 12.5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 5.5 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 6.5 Yes
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