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VMSA-2017-0006: ESXi, Workstation, Fusion SVGA memory corruption (heap issue) (CVE-2017-4902)

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VMSA-2017-0006: ESXi, Workstation, Fusion SVGA memory corruption (heap issue) (CVE-2017-4902)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/07/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 have a Heap Buffer Overflow in SVGA. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-esxi55-upgrade-5230635
  • vmware-esxi65-upgrade-5224529

References

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