CVE-2018-6977 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2018-6977 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 09/10/2018 | CVE Updated: 16/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2018
Source: vmware | Vendor: VMware | Product: ESXi
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2018-6977 Description

VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive, and in some cases, possibly result other VMs on the host or the host itself becoming unresponsive.

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).