Servers and applications

CVE-2014-3793

VMware Tools in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.2, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.2, VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.3, and VMware ESXi 5.0 through 5.5, when a Windows 8.1 guest OS is used, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (kernel NULL pointer dereference and guest OS crash) via unspecified vectors.

Severity: Medium 5.8
Published: 31 May 2014
Last changed: 17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron: 1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance: 1.1% in the next 30 daysHigher than 67% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack: From the same local network · No login needed
Attacker can: Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources: NVD

Affected software

Software	Affected versions
VMware ESXiServers and applications · `cpe:o:vmware:esxi`	Version 5.0 Version 5.0-1 Version 5.0-2 Version 5.1 Version 5.1-1 Version 5.5

References

NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3793
CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3793