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.
problem types: Remote Code Execution / DoS
affected:
{
product: ESXi
vendor: VMware
versions:
status: affected, version: 6.5 without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG
status: affected, version: 6.0 U3 without patch ESXi600-201703401-SG
status: affected, version: 6.0 U2 without patch ESXi600-201703403-SG
status: affected, version: 6.0 U1 without patch ESXi600-201703402-SG
status: affected, version: 5.5 without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG
}
{
product: Workstation Pro / Player
vendor: VMware
versions:
status: affected, version: 12.x prior to 12.5.5
}
{
product: Fusion Pro / Fusion
vendor: VMware
versions:
status: affected, version: 8.x prior to 8.5.6
}
