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CVE-2018-6966

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6966 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator component of VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.1) allows attackers with normal user privileges to potentially disclose information or crash virtual machines. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, the vulnerability has received limited community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.0, < 10.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 14.0, < 14.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0226 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

vmwarevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0016.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104709
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041208
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry