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GHSA-9HMP-HJ7F-46VM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:03 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:03

Details

VMware ESXi (6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG, 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a stack overflow via a specific set of VNC packets. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible in ESXi, VNC must be manually enabled in a virtual machine's .vmx configuration file. In addition, ESXi must be configured to allow VNC traffic through the built-in firewall.

Severity

8.8 (High)


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

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CVE-2017-4941 (GCVE-0-2017-4941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-20 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:58

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Stack overflow via authenticated VNC session

Assigner

vmware mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040025	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040024	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Impacted products

3 products

Vendor	Product	Version
VMware	ESXi	Affected: 6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SG Affected: 5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SG
VMware	Workstation	Affected: 12.x before 12.5.8
VMware	Fusion	Affected: 8.x before 8.5.9

Date Public

2017-12-19 00:00

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