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CVE-2018-6972

UNKNOWN
Published 2018-07-25T13:00:00Z
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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.

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No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

VMware

ESXi

Affected Versions:

6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG
VMware

Workstation

Affected Versions:

14.x before 14.1.2
VMware

Fusion

Affected Versions:

10.x before 10.1.2

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed MODERATE

GHSA-xmm5-6qh4-9f74

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6972
WEB https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356
WEB http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
Published: 2018-07-25T13:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T23:06:29.205Z
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