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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0003) (CVE-2017-4899)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0003) (CVE-2017-4899)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/13/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-12_5_3

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