CVE-2018-6983

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-11-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-190

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 products

VMware Fusion: from 10.0.0 before 10.1.5; from 11.0.0 before 11.0.2 — fixed in 10.1.5, 11.0.2
VMware Workstation: from 14.0.0 before 14.1.5; from 15.0.0 before 15.0.2 — fixed in 14.1.5, 15.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: VMware Fusion 10.1.5, 11.0.2; VMware Workstation 14.1.5, 15.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105986
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0030.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105986
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0030.html

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