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CVE-2018-6982

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG contain uninitialized stack memory usage in t…

Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 39%
Public exploits
0
none known

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter which may lead to an information leak from host to guest.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.16.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.04.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • VMware VMware ESXi

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
Technology feeds
VMware (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securitytracker.com /id/1042055 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/105882 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0027.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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