What is CVE-2017-4938?

CVE-2017-4938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-4938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Vmware Fusion

CVE-2017-4938

VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

EPSS: 0.000 (14.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Vmware Fusion — versions 8.x before 8.5.9, 8.5.2, 8.5.0
Vmware Workstation — versions 12.5, 12.0.0, 12.5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@vmware.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-4938?: CVE-2017-4938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-4938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.