VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5.4 | 14 MAR 2017 | Build 5192485 Last updated: 14 MAR 2017 Check for additions and updates to these release notes. |
What's in the Release Notes
The release notes cover the following topics:About VMware Workstation Pro
VMware Workstation Pro enables technical professionals to develop, test, demonstrate, and deploy software by running multiple x86-based Windows, Linux, and other operating systems simultaneously on the same PC.
You can replicate server, desktop, and tablet environments in a virtual machine and allocate multiple processor cores, gigabytes of main memory and graphics memory to each virtual machine, whether the virtual machine resides on a personal PC or on a private enterprise cloud.
For more information, see the broader VMware Workstation Pro documentation or specifically the VMware Workstation 12 Pro Documentation Center.
What's New
This release of VMware Workstation 12 Pro addresses an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability related to the drag-and-drop feature. This vulnerability might allow a guest to execute code on the operating system that runs VMware Workstation 12 Pro. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the identifier CVE-2017-4901 to this issue.
Prior Releases
Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Workstation Pro are described in the release notes for each release. To view release notes for prior releases of VMware Workstation 12 Pro, click the following links:
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5.3
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5.2
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5.1
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.5
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.1.1
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.1
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro Version 12.0.1
- VMware Workstation 12 Pro