CVE-2017-4901 (GCVE-0-2017-4901)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-08 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:39
VLAI
Summary
The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.
Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote code execution
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware Workstation Pro/Player Affected: 12.x prior to 12.5.4
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VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion Affected: 8.x prior to 8.5.5.
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Date Public
2017-03-14 00:00
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