Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-4916
CVE-2017-4916
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.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: All 12.x versions prior to version 12.5.6
Patches
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References
4- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/nvd
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