CVE-2018-6972
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.00%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.00% probability · 87th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/fusion · vmware/esxi
- Source
- security@vmware.com
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.