Vulnerability CVE-2014-2384
Published: 2014-04-15   Modified: 2014-04-16

Description:
vmx86.sys in VMware Workstation 10.0.1 build 1379776 and VMware Player 6.0.1 build 1379776 on Windows might allow local users to cause a denial of service (read access violation and system crash) via a crafted buffer in an IOCTL call. NOTE: the researcher reports "Vendor rated issue as non-exploitable."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
VMware Workstation / Player Invalid Pointer Dereference
Kyriakos Economo...
13.04.2014

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.9/10
6.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Vmware -> Player 
Vmware -> Workstation 

 References:
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2384/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/163
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