CVE-2018-6963

Published: May 22, 2018Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine.

Affected (2)

Products: Vmware: Fusion, Workstation

2 products

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Vmware Fusion	From 10.0 to 10.1.2
Vmware Workstation	From 14.0 to 14.1.2

Related CWEs

NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

References (6)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104237

Source: security@vmware.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040957

Source: security@vmware.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html

Source: security@vmware.com

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104237

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040957

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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