Version 8.17.2.14 of the VMware Display driver is a core component of VMware Tools, primarily responsible for enabling SVGA (Super VGA) functionality, hardware-accelerated 3D graphics, and dynamic display resizing within virtual machines (Windows guest OS, typically 7 through 10/Server 2012-2019 era). This driver sits between the guest OS and the VMware ESXi/Workstation/Player hypervisor’s virtual GPU.
Remediation steps (depends on root cause) vmware inc. - display - 8.17.2.14
While typically bundled with VMware Tools (starting around version 11.2), it was also published as an optional update on the Microsoft Update Catalog for manual or automated deployment via Windows Update. Version 8
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