CVE-2017-4938: VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

Medium severity · published Nov 17, 2017

CVE-2017-4938

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

6.5

CVSS

0.4%

EPSS

On KEV

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack vector

Local

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Scope

Changed

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Fusion · Vmware

8.0.0; 8.0.1; 8.0.2; 8.1.0; 8.1.1; 8.5.0; +8 more · source: NVD

Workstation · Vmware

12.0.0; 12.0.1; 12.1; 12.1.1; 12.5; 12.5.1; +6 more · source: NVD

Affected product

Fusion

Vmware

All Fusion CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4938

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4938

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835

Patch

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html