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CVE-2018-6972

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationESXiFusion· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

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.

Affected

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

ESXi· VMware
95%
5.55.5 15.5 25.5 3a5.5 3b5.5 550-20170901001s5.5 550-201709040015.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG6.06.0 16.0 1a6.0 1b6.0 26.0 36.0 3a6.0 600-2015044016.0 600-2015054016.0 600-2015071016.0 600-2015071026.0 600-2015074016.0 600-2015074026.0 600-2015074036.0 600-2015074046.0 600-2015074056.0 600-2015074066.0 600-2015074076.0 600-2015091016.0 600-2015091026.0 600-2015092016.0 600-2015092026.0 600-2015092036.0 600-2015092046.0 600-2015092056.0 600-2015092066.0 600-2015092076.0 600-2015092086.0 600-2015092096.0 600-2015092106.0 600-2015104016.0 600-2015114016.0 600-2016011016.0 600-2016011026.0 600-2016014016.0 600-2016014026.0 600-2016014036.0 600-2016014046.0 600-2016014056.0 600-2016024016.0 600-2016031016.0 600-2016031026.0 600-2016032016.0 600-2016032026.0 600-2016032036.0 600-2016032046.0 600-2016032056.0 600-2016032066.0 600-2016032076.0 600-2016032086.0 600-2016054016.0 600-2016081016.0 600-2016084016.0 600-2016084026.0 600-2016084036.0 600-2016084046.0 600-2016084056.0 600-2016104106.0 600-2016114016.0 600-2016114026.0 600-2016114036.0 600-2017021016.0 600-2017021026.0 600-2017022016.0 600-2017022026.0 600-2017022036.0 600-2017022046.0 600-2017022056.0 600-2017022066.0 600-2017022076.0 600-2017022086.0 600-2017022096.0 600-2017022106.0 600-2017022116.0 600-2017022126.0 600-2017034016.0 600-2017061016.0 600-2017061026.0 600-2017061036.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG6.56.5 26.5 650-2017010016.5 650-2017030016.5 650-2017030026.5 650-2017040016.5 650-2017071016.5 650-2017071026.5 650-2017071036.5 650-2017072016.5 650-2017072026.5 650-2017072036.5 650-2017072046.5 650-2017072056.5 650-2017072066.5 650-2017072076.5 650-2017072086.5 650-2017072096.5 650-2017072106.5 650-2017072116.5 650-2017072126.5 650-2017072136.5 650-2017072146.5 650-2017072156.5 650-2017072166.5 650-2017072176.5 650-2017072186.5 650-2017072196.5 650-2017072206.5 650-2017072216.5 650-2017100016.5 650-2017120016.5 650-2018030016.5 650-2018060016.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG6.76.7 670-2018060016.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG
Fusion· VMware
95%
10 ≤ v < 10.1.2
Affected range stops below 10.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
Workstation· VMware
95%
14 ≤ v < 14.1.2
Affected range stops below 14.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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