PT-2017-16220 · Vmware · Vmware Fusion+1

Published 2017-11-17 · Updated 2017-12-04 · CVE-2017-4938

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation versions 12.x before 12.5.8 VMware Fusion versions 8.x before 8.5.9

Description The issue is related to a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference. Successful exploitation may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

Recommendations For VMware Workstation versions 12.x before 12.5.8, update to version 12.5.8 or later. For VMware Fusion versions 8.x before 8.5.9, update to version 8.5.9 or later.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-4938

Affected Products

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Workstation

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4938 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039835 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101887 · Note