CVE-2017-4904 Information

Description

The XHCI controller in 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 and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

CHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8