High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-4950
CVE-2017-4950
Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an integer overflow vulnerability in VMware NAT service when IPv6 mode is enabled. This issue may lead to an out-of-bound read which can then be used to execute code on the host in conjunction with other issues. Note: IPv6 mode for VMNAT is not enabled by default.
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Affected products
2- Range: 14.x before 14.1.1
Patches
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References
3- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0005.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102490nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040161nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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