CVE-2017-4903 Memory corruption in ESXi

What is CVE-2017-4903?

CVE-2017-4903 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, 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 ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, and 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 have an uninitialized stack memory usage in SVGA. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-4903?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2017-4903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-4903 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-2017-4903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-4903 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
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Also known as GHSA-9q76-gqr4-73cm.