CVE-2017-4916
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 5.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
VMware Workstation Pro/Player contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that exists in the vstor2 driver. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow host users with normal user privileges to trigger a denial-of-service in a Windows host machine.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.95% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 8 June 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- vmware/workstation player · vmware/workstation pro
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 5.0% 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/98560Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98560Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038526
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42140/
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0009.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.