VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver.

Published 9 y ago 2017-06-07 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.7

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.3%

percentile 22%

Public exploits

none known

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	4.7	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`
NVD	2.0	1.9	`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`

Affected products

VMware Workstation Pro/Player

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

securityfocus.com /bid/96771 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id/1037979 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-4899
NVD: CVE-2017-4899

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