6.5

CVE-2017-4938: vmware fusion NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
Published 17-11-2017Last modified 17-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-4938 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in vmware fusion. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-11-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.37% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Vmware2 products
  • fusion8.x before 8.5.9 | 8.0.0 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.2 | 8.1.0 | 8.1.1 | 8.5.0 | 8.5.1 | 8.5.2 | 8.5.3 | 8.5.4 | 8.5.5 | 8.5.6 | 8.5.7 | 8.5.8
  • workstation12.x before 12.5.8 | 12.0.0 | 12.0.1 | 12.1 | 12.1.1 | 12.5 | 12.5.1 | 12.5.2 | 12.5.3 | 12.5.4 | 12.5.5 | 12.5.6 | 12.5.7

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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