VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-4938

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM

EPSS probability0.37%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-11-17

Last modified2026-06-17

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

Description

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references

security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.com — Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory