CVE-2018-6970

mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.76% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 4 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 2.9

v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.06mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-125USprimary

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

VMware VMware Horizon 6, Horizon 7, and Horizon Client≤ VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1)enisa_euvdEU
vmware horizon client4.0.0 → 4.8.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware horizon view6.0.0 → 6.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware horizon view7.0.0 → 7.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-08-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html cnnvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031 enisa_euvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430 enisa_euvd
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.htmlPatchVendor Advisorynvd

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