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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.