CVE-2018-6957 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware Workstation (versions 14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (versions 10.x before 10.1.1, 8.x). An attacker can trigger this by opening numerous VNC sessions, but only if VNC is manually enabled on the affected product. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and requires low privileges, leading to a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, with only one media article covering the patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.0, < 14.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.