Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-4938
CVE-2017-4938
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.
Affected products
28cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 8.x before 8.5.9
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 12.x before 12.5.8
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
3- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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