Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2017-4901

The drag-and-drop (DnD) function in VMware Workstation 12.x before version 12.5.4 and Fusion 8.x before version 8.5.5 has an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability. This may allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs Workstation or Fusion.

  • Published: Jun 8, 2017
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2017-4901
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
vmware / fusion 8.5.3 8.5.3.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.2 12.5.2.x
vmware / workstation 12.1.1 12.1.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.4 8.5.4.x
vmware / fusion 8.1.1 8.1.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.0 8.5.0.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.1 8.5.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.1 12.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.5.2 8.5.2.x
vmware / fusion 8.0.2 8.0.2.x
vmware / workstation 12.0.1 12.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.1 12.5.1.x
vmware / fusion 8.0.0 8.0.0.x
vmware / fusion 8.0.1 8.0.1.x
vmware / workstation 12.0 12.0.x
vmware / workstation 12.5.3 12.5.3.x
vmware / workstation 12.5 12.5.x
vmware / fusion 8.1.0 8.1.0.x