PT-2017-16191 · Vmware · Vmware Workstation Player+1

Published 2017-06-07 · Updated 2017-07-17 · CVE-2017-4900

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation Pro/Player versions prior to 12.5.3

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the SVGA driver. This could allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their virtual machines.

Recommendations For versions prior to 12.5.3, update to version 12.5.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-4900

Affected Products

Vmware Workstation

Vmware Workstation Player

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4900 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4900 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96770 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037979 · Note