Medium severity · published May 22, 2017
CVE-2017-4916
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver
6.5
CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
Workstation Player · Vmware
12.0.0 · source: NVD
WP
Workstation Pro · Vmware
12.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4916
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526
www.exploit-db.com
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html
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