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CVE-2017-4941

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2017
Source publication
Source updated
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

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.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

ESXi

Vendor
VMware
Product
ESXi
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
Unknown
ESXi · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6.0 before ESXi600-201711101-SGaffectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
5.5 ESXi550-201709101-SGaffectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed

Workstation

Vendor
VMware
Product
Workstation
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
Unknown
Workstation · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
12.x before 12.5.8affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed

Fusion

Vendor
VMware
Product
Fusion
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
Unknown
Fusion · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
8.x before 8.5.9affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed