CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-4903

HIGH
8.8
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

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 have an uninitialized stack memory usage in SVGA. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fusionNVD
Affected:>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.6Fixed in:8.5.6CVE-2017-4903derived from NVD
fusion proNVD
Affected:>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.6Fixed in:8.5.6CVE-2017-4903derived from NVD
workstation playerNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 12.5.5Fixed in:12.5.5CVE-2017-4903derived from NVD
workstation proNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 12.5.5Fixed in:12.5.5CVE-2017-4903derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days
33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

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