VMSA-2017-0015: ESXi, Workstation, Fusion Out-of-bounds write vulnerability in SVGA (CVE-2017-4924)
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
09/15/2017
07/25/2018
10/05/2017
05/09/2019
Description
VMware ESXi (ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.7) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.8) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
Solution(s)
- vmware-esxi65-upgrade-5969300
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