CVE-2018-6972 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Vmware Fusion

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference3 documents3 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.8%
top 13.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Vmware FusionVmware WorkstationVmware Esxi
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDvmware/fusion10.0 — 10.1.2
▶NVDvmware/workstation14.0 — 14.1.2
▶CVEListV5vmware/esxi4 versions+3
▶NVDvmware/esxi4 versions+3
▶CVEListV5vmware/fusion10.x before 10.1.2

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xmm5-6qh4-9f74: VMware ESXi (6↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6972: VMware ESXi (6↗2018-07-25
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