FKIE_CVE-2017-4901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-08 13:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:19
Severity
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@vmware.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025
security@vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware fusion 8.0.0
vmware fusion 8.0.1
vmware fusion 8.0.2
vmware fusion 8.1.0
vmware fusion 8.1.1
vmware fusion 8.5.0
vmware fusion 8.5.1
vmware fusion 8.5.2
vmware fusion 8.5.3
vmware fusion 8.5.4
vmware workstation 12.0
vmware workstation 12.0.1
vmware workstation 12.1
vmware workstation 12.1.1
vmware workstation 12.5
vmware workstation 12.5.1
vmware workstation 12.5.2
vmware workstation 12.5.3
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