CVE-2017-4925

VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG, ESXi 6.0 without patch ESXi600-201706101-SG, ESXi 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201709101-SG, Workstation (12.x before 12.5.3), Fusion (8.x before 8.5.4) contain a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. This issue occurs when handling guest RPC requests. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

• CWE-476

• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100842Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039367Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039368Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.htmlVendor Advisory
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100842Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039367Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039368Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.htmlVendor Advisory

Published

Sep 15, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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