vulnerability
VMware Fusion: Fusion stack overflow via authenticated VNC session (VMSA-2017-0021) (CVE-2017-4941)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P) | 2017-12-20 | 2018-01-02 | 2025-04-25 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
2017-12-20
Added
2018-01-02
Modified
2025-04-25
Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session.
Solution
vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_9
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