CVE-2017-4905

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-908

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
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
VMware	Workstation Pro / Player	12.x prior to 12.5.5
VMware	Fusion Pro / Fusion	8.x prior to 8.5.6

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

Timeline

Published: Jun 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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