cve-2017-4938
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-17 14:00
Modified
2024-09-17 03:28
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| security@vmware.com | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| security@vmware.com | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry | |
| security@vmware.com | https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | Workstation | |
| VMware | Fusion |
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