CVE-2017-4938
N/A
Published: November 17, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 8.5.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476
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