CVE-2018-6957
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 1.59 % · percentile 76 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2018-03-15 Updated 2024-09-16 Assigner vmware NVD status Modified Description VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 LOW 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.1.1cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 14.0 < 14.1.1cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+1 more Affected products
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