VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x prior to 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. 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.
| Vulnerable Product | Search on Vulmon | Subscribe to Product |
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vmware workstation pro |
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vmware workstation pro 14.0 |
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vmware workstation pro 14.1.0 |
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vmware esxi 6.5 |
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vmware fusion |
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