Medium 5.5Published Jun 7, 2017

CVE-2017-4905VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, 5.5 without patch…

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VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG, 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG, 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG, 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG; Workstation Pro / Player 12.x prior to 12.5.5; and Fusion Pro / Fusion 8.x prior to 8.5.6 have uninitialized memory usage. This issue may lead to an information leak.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-908
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vmware fusion vmware:fusion	from 8.0.0 before 8.5.6	NVD
vmware fusion_pro vmware:fusion_pro	from 8.0.0 before 8.5.6	NVD
vmware workstation_player vmware:workstation_player	from 12.0.0 before 12.5.5	NVD
vmware workstation_pro vmware:workstation_pro	from 12.0.0 before 12.5.5	NVD
vmware esxi vmware:esxi	5.5; 5.5; 5.5; 5.5; 5.5; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; and 5 more ranges	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97164	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html	patch, vendor-advisory

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