CVE-2017-4905
This issue may lead to an information leak.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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, 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 uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.20% probability · 68th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 6 June 2019
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-908
- Affected
- vmware/fusion · vmware/fusion pro · vmware/workstation player · vmware/workstation pro · vmware/esxi
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 1.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97164Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97164Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.