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GHSA-MQ2H-65QJ-Q6WR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:14 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:38

Details

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.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2017-4916 (GCVE-0-2017-4916)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-22 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

NULL pointer dereference

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	VMware	Workstation Pro/Player	Affected: All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-MQ2H-65QJ-Q6WR

CVE-2017-4916 (GCVE-0-2017-4916)

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