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CVE-2017-4934
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in VMNAT device. This…
High8.8EPSS 0.44%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- vmware
Description
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in VMNAT device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 62% 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: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Heap buffer-overflow vulnerability
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 12.x before 12.5.8
- affected 8.x before 8.5.9
References (3)
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 101903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1039835 (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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