CVE-2017-4901

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-06-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware Fusion: 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.5.0 (+4)
VMware Workstation: 12.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.1.1, 12.5, 12.5.1 (+2)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96881
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038025
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0005.html

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