CVE-2018-6972

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.00% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory vmware.com
Affected: VMware ESXi
Affected: VMware Workstation
Affected: VMware Fusion
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357 broken link third party advisory vdb entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-6972?
CVE-2018-6972 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-6972?
To fix CVE-2018-6972, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-6972 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-6972 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-6972?
CVE-2018-6972 affects VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion.
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