CVE-2017-4904

moderate-risk
Published 2017-06-07

The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.

Do I need to act?

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0.40% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (17)

Fusion Pro

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149
Vendor Advisory http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149
Vendor Advisory http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 19/34 · Moderate