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CVE-2018-6957

N/A
Published: March 15, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorFusionWorkstation ProWorkstation Player

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fusion· VMware
95%
10 ≤ v < 10.1.18.08.0.18.0.28.18.1.18.58.5.18.5.28.5.38.5.48.5.58.5.68.5.78.5.88.x
Affected range stops below 10.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Workstation Player· VMware
95%
14.0 ≤ v < 14.1.112.012.0.112.112.1.112.512.5.112.5.212.5.312.5.412.5.512.5.612.5.7
Affected range stops below 14.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Workstation Pro· VMware
95%
14.0 ≤ v < 14.1.112.012.0112.112.1.112.512.5.112.5.212.5.312.5.412.5.512.5.612.5.7
Affected range stops below 14.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Workstation· VMware
60%
14 ≤ v < 14.1.112.x
Affected range stops below 14.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.html

CVSS

3.5LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-772NVD-CWE-noinfo

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