CVE-2017-4905

medium VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
3.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 12% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: June 7, 2017 (3263 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-908

Affected Products

vmware fusionvmware fusion provmware workstation playervmware workstation provmware esxi

References

🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.vmware.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com