CVE-2017-4899 Memory corruption in Workstation Pro/Player

Medium 4.7 Published 7 Jun 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An attacker can crash the virtual machine or read out-of-bounds memory via the SVGA driver when the host lacks graphics drivers.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2017-4899?

CVE-2017-4899 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in VMware Workstation Pro/Player, published on 7 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.3 contains a security vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the VM or trigger an out-of-bound read. Note: This issue can be triggered only when the host has no graphics card or no graphics drivers are installed.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4899?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Vmware Workstation Player, Vmware Workstation Pro.

How do I fix CVE-2017-4899?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4899 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-4899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c7v8-rpjv-5f5x.