CVE-2018-6983
N/A
Published: November 27, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion· also runs on 1 platform
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2 and 14.x before 14.1.5) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2 and 10.x before 10.1.5) contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the virtual network devices. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 15.0.210.0.0 ≤ v < 10.1.511.0.0 ≤ v < 11.0.2
Affected range stops below 10.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment)
v < 15.0.214.0.0 ≤ v < 14.1.515.0.0 ≤ v < 15.0.2
Affected range stops below 14.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105986x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0030.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190
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