CVE-2018-6972
VMware ESXi
MEDIUM 6.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 2.96 % · percentile 87 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- vmware
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-18716
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-6972
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 14.0 < 14.1.2cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 10.0 < 10.1.2cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:3b:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170901001s:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:550-20170904001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:1b:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:3a:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201504401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201505401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507102:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507401:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507402:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507403:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507404:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507405:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507406:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201507407:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509102:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509201:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509202:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509203:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509204:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509205:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509206:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509207:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509208:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509209:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201509210:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:600-201510401:*:*:*:*:*:*- +84 more
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| VMware · ESXi | affected 6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG ; affected 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG ; affected 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG ; affected 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG |
| VMware · Workstation | affected 14.x before 14.1.2 |
| VMware · Fusion | affected 10.x before 10.1.2 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |