CVE-2017-4949

At a glance

Severity: Not available
EPSS: EPSS 0.37 % · percentile 31 (2026-10-27)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-01-11
Updated: 2024-09-16
Assigner: vmware
NVD status: Modified

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in VMware NAT service when IPv6 mode is enabled. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. Note: IPv6 mode for VMNAT is not enabled by default.

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 6.9	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2017-14066
GCVE · GCVE-0-2017-4949

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2018-AVI-025 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 8.0 < 8.5.10
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 10.0 < 10.1.1
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 12.0 < 12.5.9
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.1.1

Affected products

Product	Versions
VMware · Workstation Pro / Player	affected 14.x before 14.1.1 ; affected 12.x before 12.5.9
VMware · Fusion	affected 10.x before 10.1.1 ; affected 8.x before 8.5.10

References

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD