6.5med
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.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 31%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- VMware Workstation
- VMware Fusion
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
- Technology feeds
- VMware (RSS, critical only)
References
- vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1039835 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/101887 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-4938
- NVD: CVE-2017-4938
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