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CVE-2018-6981

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG, VMware ESXi 6.0 without ESXi600-201811401-BG, VMware Workstation…

Impact

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG, VMware ESXi 6.0 without ESXi600-201811401-BG, VMware Workstation 15, VMware Workstation 14.1.3 or below, VMware Fusion 11, VMware Fusion 10.1.3 or below contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter which may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
VmwareWorkstation
from 14.0.0 before 14.1.4
Version 15.0.0
VmwareFusion
from 10.0.0 before 10.1.4
Version 11.0.0
VmwareEsxi
Versions 6.0, 6.5, 6.7

Weakness classification

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