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CVE-2017-4905
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,…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- vmware
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, 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 uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information leak
- CWE-908 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-908 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG
- affected 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG
- affected 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG
- affected 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG
- affected 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG
VMware · Workstation Pro / Player
- affected 12.x prior to 12.5.5
- affected 8.x prior to 8.5.6
References (4)
- 97164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 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
- 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)
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