CVE-2017-4916

VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - security@vmware.com

Published

2017-05-22

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Workstation Player (Vmware)
• Workstation Pro (Vmware)
• Workstation Proplayer (Vmware)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.html