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CVE-2017-4916

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.

Published

2017-05-22T14:29:00.230

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	workstation_player	12.0.0	Yes
Application	vmware	workstation_pro	12.0.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	-	No

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/ ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)