CVE-2018-6972
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
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.
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affected products (12)
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references (12)
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884cnnvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357enisa_euvd
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlenisa_euvd
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