CVE-2018-6972
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Workstation
PublishedJul 25, 2018
First seenJul 25, 2018
How to fix
Update
- vmware workstation14.1.2 or later
- vmware fusion10.1.2 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware workstation | 14.0 ≤ v < 14.1.2 | 14.1.2 |
| vmware fusion | 10.0 ≤ v < 10.1.2 | 10.1.2 |
| vmware esxi | 5.5, 6.0, 6.5, 6.7 | — |
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