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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-4933

CVE-2017-4933

Description

VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible in ESXi, VNC must be manually enabled in a virtual machine's .vmx configuration file. In addition, ESXi must be configured to allow VNC traffic through the built-in firewall.

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Affected products

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  • VMware/Fusion2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=8.0.0,<8.5.9
    • (no CPE)range: 8.x before 8.5.9
  • VMware/Workstation4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=12.0.0,<12.5.8
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:14.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 12.x before 12.5.8
  • VMware/Esxi31 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 30 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703002:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201704001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707101:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707102:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707103:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707201:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707202:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707203:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707204:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707205:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707206:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707207:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707208:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707209:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707210:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707211:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707212:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707213:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707214:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707215:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707216:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707217:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707218:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707219:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707220:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707221:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201710001:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG

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