CVE-2018-6977
VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive, and in some cases, possibly result other VMs on the host or the host itself becoming unresponsive.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- vmware/esxi · vmware/workstation · vmware/fusion
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.htmlMitigation, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.