vulnerability
VMware Workstation: Workstation heap overflow via authenticated VNC session (VMSA-2017-0021) (CVE-2017-4933)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Dec 20, 2017 | Jan 2, 2018 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 20, 2017
Added
Jan 2, 2018
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session.
Solution
vmware-workstation-upgrade-12_5_8
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