CVE-2017-4924

high

Description

VMware ESXi (ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.7) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.8) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0015.html

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/10/micropatching-hypervisor-with-running.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039366

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039365

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100843

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-09-15

Updated: 2022-02-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H