vulnerability
VMSA-2017-0006: ESXi, Workstation, Fusion XHCI uninitialized memory usage (CVE-2017-4904)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 6, 2017 | Apr 25, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 6, 2017
Added
Apr 6, 2017
Modified
Apr 25, 2025
Description
The ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion XHCI controller has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.
Solution(s)
vmware-esxi55-upgrade-5230635vmware-esxi60-upgrade-5224934vmware-esxi65-upgrade-5224529
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