High severity · published Jul 9, 2018
CVE-2018-6965
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader…
8.1
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-6966 and CVE-2018-6967.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
6.7; 6.7 · source: NVD
FU
Fusion · Vmware
10.0 before 10.1.2 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
14.0 before 14.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6965
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6965
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104709
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041208
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0016.html
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