6.5med
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 ESXi550-20180…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.0%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.96% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- VMware ESXi
- VMware Workstation
- VMware Fusion
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
- Technology feeds
- VMware (RSS, critical only)
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/104884 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1041356 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- securitytracker.com /id/1041357 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-6972
- NVD: CVE-2018-6972
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