CVE-2018-6972

high-risk
Published 2018-07-25

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357
Patch https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357
Patch https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 31/34 · Critical