CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-4925

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG, ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201706101-SG, ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation (12.x before 12.5.3), Fusion (8.x before 8.5.4) contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This issue occurs when handling guest RPC requests. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fusionNVD
Affected:>= 8.0.0, < 8.5.4Fixed in:8.5.4CVE-2017-4925derived from NVD
workstationNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 12.5.3Fixed in:12.5.3CVE-2017-4925derived from NVD
workstation proNVD
Affected:>= 12.0.0, < 12.5.3Fixed in:12.5.3CVE-2017-4925derived 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
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days
30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2016-0742High7.582%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.