CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-4925
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG, ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201706101-SG, ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation (12.x before 12.5.3), Fusion (8.x before 8.5.4) contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This issue occurs when handling guest RPC requests. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
Affected configurations
• vmware esxi 5.5
• vmware esxi 6.0
• vmware esxi 6.5
• vmware workstation (>= 12.0.0 < 12.5.3)
• vmware workstation pro (>= 12.0.0 < 12.5.3)
• vmware fusion (>= 8.0.0 < 8.5.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100842 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039367 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039368 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100842 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039367 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039368 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html Vendor Advisory