CVE-2017-4938
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a guest RPC NULL pointer dereference vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/fusion
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 0.4% 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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101887Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039835Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0018.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.