{"id":"CVE-2017-4904","aliases":["EUVD-2017-14021","GHSA-3xjq-fcxw-8c8v"],"status":"published","title":"The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch...","description":"The XHCI controller in 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, and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00427,"percentile":0.37226,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-119"],"published":"2017-06-07T18:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:19:32Z","products":[{"vendor":"vmware","product":"esxi"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"fusion"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"fusion pro / fusion"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"fusion_pro"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"workstation pro / player"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"workstation_player"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"workstation_pro"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-4904"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3xjq-fcxw-8c8v"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2017-4904","description":"The XHCI controller in 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, and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.","status":"published","published":"2017-06-07T18:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T14:39:41.527Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:18.85612Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2017-14021","description":"The XHCI controller in 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, and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.","status":"published","published":"2017-06-07T18:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T14:39:41Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:17.959598Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-3xjq-fcxw-8c8v","title":"The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG, 6.0 U3 without patch...","description":"The XHCI controller in 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, and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:03:59Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:02:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-119"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:49:58.498747Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2017-4904","description":"The XHCI controller in 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, and 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 has uninitialized memory usage. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is reduced to a Denial of Service of the guest on ESXi 5.5.","status":"published","published":"2017-06-07T18:29:00.397Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:19:32Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-119"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:50.782497Z"}]}}