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CVE-2018-6963

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine.

Affected products

• VMware Fusion: from 10.0 before 10.1.2 — fixed in 10.1.2
• VMware Workstation: from 14.0 before 14.1.2 — fixed in 14.1.2
• VMware Fusion: 10.x before 10.1.2
• VMware Workstation: 14.x before 14.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 10.1.2; VMware Workstation 14.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104237
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040957
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104237
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040957
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html

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