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CVE-2017-4902
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to…
High8.8EPSS 0.52%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-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 a Heap Buffer Overflow in SVGA. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.52% · top 56% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Heap Buffer Overflow
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
VMware · ESXi
- affected 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG
- affected 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG
VMware · Workstation Pro / Player
- affected 12.x prior to 12.5.5
VMware · Fusion Pro / Fusion
- affected 8.x prior to 8.5.6
References (4)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038148 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 97163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038149 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .