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CVE-2017-4899

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

Affected products

• VMware Workstation Player: 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1.0, 12.5.0, 12.5.1
• VMware Workstation Pro: 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1.0, 12.5.0, 12.5.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96771
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037979
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0003.html

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