VMware Fusion: VMware Workstation, Fusion and Horizon View Client updates address a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability (VMSA-2017-0018) (CVE-2017-4938)
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
11/17/2017
07/25/2018
11/20/2017
12/06/2017
Description
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
Solution(s)
- vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_9
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