CVE-2017-4938

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    CVE-2017-4938

    Published: 17 Nov 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835, https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High