UpHeron
All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2017-4941

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…

Severity
High 8.8
Published
20 Dec 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
3.2% in the next 30 daysHigher than 88% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
VMware ESXiServers and applications · cpe:o:vmware:esxi
  • Version 6.0-600-201710301
  • Version 6.0-600-201706403
  • Version 6.0-600-201706402
  • Version 6.0-600-201706401
All 86 release lines
  • Version 5.5
  • Version 5.5-550-20170901001s
  • Version 5.5-550-20170904001
  • Version 6.0-1a
  • Version 6.0-1b
  • Version 6.0-3a
  • Version 6.0
  • Version 6.0-1
  • Version 6.0-2
  • Version 6.0-3
  • Version 6.0-600-201504401
  • Version 6.0-600-201505401
  • Version 6.0-600-201507101
  • Version 6.0-600-201507102
  • Version 6.0-600-201507401
  • Version 6.0-600-201507402
  • Version 6.0-600-201507403
  • Version 6.0-600-201507404
  • Version 6.0-600-201507405
  • Version 6.0-600-201507406
  • Version 6.0-600-201507407
  • Version 6.0-600-201509101
  • Version 6.0-600-201509102
  • Version 6.0-600-201509201
  • Version 6.0-600-201509202
  • Version 6.0-600-201509203
  • Version 6.0-600-201509204
  • Version 6.0-600-201509205
  • Version 6.0-600-201509206
  • Version 6.0-600-201509207
  • Version 6.0-600-201509208
  • Version 6.0-600-201509209
  • Version 6.0-600-201509210
  • Version 6.0-600-201510401
  • Version 6.0-600-201511401
  • Version 6.0-600-201601101
  • Version 6.0-600-201601102
  • Version 6.0-600-201601401
  • Version 6.0-600-201601402
  • Version 6.0-600-201601403
  • Version 6.0-600-201601404
  • Version 6.0-600-201601405
  • Version 6.0-600-201602401
  • Version 6.0-600-201603101
  • Version 6.0-600-201603102
  • Version 6.0-600-201603201
  • Version 6.0-600-201603202
  • Version 6.0-600-201603203
  • Version 6.0-600-201603204
  • Version 6.0-600-201603205
  • Version 6.0-600-201603206
  • Version 6.0-600-201603207
  • Version 6.0-600-201603208
  • Version 6.0-600-201605401
  • Version 6.0-600-201608101
  • Version 6.0-600-201608401
  • Version 6.0-600-201608402
  • Version 6.0-600-201608403
  • Version 6.0-600-201608404
  • Version 6.0-600-201608405
  • Version 6.0-600-201610410
  • Version 6.0-600-201611401
  • Version 6.0-600-201611402
  • Version 6.0-600-201611403
  • Version 6.0-600-201702101
  • Version 6.0-600-201702102
  • Version 6.0-600-201702201
  • Version 6.0-600-201702202
  • Version 6.0-600-201702203
  • Version 6.0-600-201702204
  • Version 6.0-600-201702205
  • Version 6.0-600-201702206
  • Version 6.0-600-201702207
  • Version 6.0-600-201702208
  • Version 6.0-600-201702209
  • Version 6.0-600-201702210
  • Version 6.0-600-201702211
  • Version 6.0-600-201702212
  • Version 6.0-600-201703401
  • Version 6.0-600-201706101
  • Version 6.0-600-201706102
  • Version 6.0-600-201706103
  • Version 6.0-600-201706401
  • Version 6.0-600-201706402
  • Version 6.0-600-201706403
  • Version 6.0-600-201710301

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4941
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-4941