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CVE-2018-6967

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6967 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator of VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2). This vulnerability, rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.1, allows attackers with normal user privileges to potentially disclose information or crash their virtual machines. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article identified.

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 17,829 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