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CVE-2017-4934

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in VMNAT device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.5.0 (+8)
• VMware Workstation: 12.0.0, 12.0.1, 12.1, 12.1.1, 12.5, 12.5.1 (+6)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101903
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101903
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.html

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