# CVE-2017-4900: Null dereference in Workstation Pro/Player

> Attackers with normal user privileges can crash virtual machines via a NULL pointer dereference in the SVGA driver.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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-h96j-3cq7-xpcq

## What is CVE-2017-4900?

CVE-2017-4900 is a medium-severity 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 NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the SVGA driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4900?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Vmware Workstation Player, Vmware Workstation Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-4900?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4900 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-4900 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4900 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-2017-4900 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-4900 is a medium-severity 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-2017-4900 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-2017-4900/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4900/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4900
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4900
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-4900

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-4900/
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