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CVE-2017-4904 — The XHCI controller in VMware ESXi 6

CVSS

8.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.40% (top 39.30%)

CWE

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Published

2017-06-07T18:29:00.397

Last modified

2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

CVSS vector

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

01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

Published: 2017-06-07T18:29:00.397
Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149
www.vmware.com — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html
www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97165
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038148
www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038149
www.vmware.com — http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2017-0006.html

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