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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c7v8-rpjv-5f5x

## 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 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4899?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2017-4899 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation Pro/Player

- [CVE-2017-4898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4898/): Privilege escalation in Workstation Pro/Player (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-4915](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4915/): Privilege escalation in Workstation Pro/Player (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-7081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7081/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-7082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7082/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2016-7083](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7083/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-4899 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: VMware Workstation Pro/Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4899/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4899/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4899
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4899
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4899

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