CVE-2017-4900

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4900
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-07 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-17 13:18:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Player 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation Pro 12.5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMware Workstation SVGA and DLL Loading Bugs Let Local Users on the Guest System Deny Service on the Guest or Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
VMSA-2017-0003 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Multiple VMware Workstation Products CVE-2017-4900 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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