CVE-2017-4938 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Vmware Fusion

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Vmware FusionVmware Workstation
Timeline
PublishedNov 17
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

▶CVEListV5vmware/fusion8.x before 8.5.9
▶NVDvmware/fusion14 versions+13
▶CVEListV5vmware/workstation12.x before 12.5.8
▶NVDvmware/workstation12 versions+11

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-5hrp-c5g3-4mgq: VMware Workstation (12↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2017-4938: VMware Workstation (12↗2017-11-17
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