High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-4904
CVE-2017-4904
Description
The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.
Affected products
20cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG
- VMware/Fusion Pro / Fusionv5Range: 8.x prior to 8.5.6
- VMware/Workstation Pro / Playerv5Range: 12.x prior to 12.5.5
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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