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.
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{
"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"
}
]
}
]