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CVE-2017-4938

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.

Published

2017-11-17T14:29:00.700

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-476
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware workstation 12.0.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.0.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.1.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.1 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.2 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.3 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.4 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.5 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.6 Yes
Application vmware workstation 12.5.7 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.0.0 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.0.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.0.2 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.1.0 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.1.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.0 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.1 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.2 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.3 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.4 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.5 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.6 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.7 Yes
Application vmware fusion 8.5.8 Yes
References