vulnerability

VMware Fusion: Bounds Check bypass (VMSA-2018-0002) (CVE-2017-5753)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 4, 2018
Added
Jan 4, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis.

Solution

vmware-fusion-upgrade-8_5_9
Title
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