Medium severity · published Oct 9, 2018
CVE-2018-6977
VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive, and in some cases, possibly result other VMs on the host or the host itself becoming unresponsive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
6.0; 6.5; 6.7 · source: NVD
FU
Fusion · Vmware
10.0.0 through 10.1.5; 11.0.0 through 11.0.2 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
14.0.0 through 14.1.5; 15.0.0 through 15.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6977
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6977
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822
Mitigation
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html
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