medium6.5
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), Workstatio…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Workstation | from 14.0 before 14.1.2 |
| Vmware | Fusion | from 10.0 before 10.1.2 |
| Vmware | Esxi | Versions 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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