CVE-2017-4899

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

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CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-06-07 18:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-4899

Mitre link : CVE-2017-4899

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-4899

JSON object : View

Products Affected

vmware

workstation_player
workstation_pro

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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