CVE-2018-6972
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 2.96 % · percentile 87 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2018-07-25 Updated 2024-09-16 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.
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)
Weaknesses (CWE)
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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
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