vulnerability
VMware Fusion: VMware Workstation and Fusion updates address out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0005) (CVE-2017-4901)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 15, 2017 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 15, 2017
Added
Mar 15, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.
Solution
vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_5
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