CVE-2018-6972 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-6972 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 25/07/2018 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: vmware | Vendor: VMware | Product: ESXi
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2018-6972 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
Vector: n/a

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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CWE Name: Denial-of-service vulnerability
Source: VMware

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).