CVE-2018-6972
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CVE-2018-6972 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 6.5/10 on the CVSS scale. VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.. EPSS estimates a 3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Workstation | >= 14.0, < 14.1.2 |
| Vmware | Fusion | >= 10.0, < 10.1.2 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.7 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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