CVE-2014-3793 VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 t

What is CVE-2014-3793?

CVE-2014-3793 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 31 May 2014.

Official description

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5, when a Windows 8.1 guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel NULL pointer dereference and guest OS crash) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3793?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3793?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3793 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-3793 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3793 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2024-22252 Use-after-free vulnerability Critical 9.3
• CVE-2020-3955 Cross-site scripting in ESXi Critical 9.3
• CVE-2010-4573 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.3

All Vmware Esxi vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-75q2-28c3-jc72.