CVE-2017-4941

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-12-20 15:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 17:58Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-26

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

dd0d27c0ab80e2377e99da8e79d47da33392043c17f9c31839c2ea6457121153

• www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0021.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1040025http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040025vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securitytracker.com1040024http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040024vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK