CVE-2018-6972 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products, stemming from a NULL pointer dereference in the RPC handler. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows attackers with normal user privileges to crash virtual machines. While it has a low EPSS score and no known active exploitation, there is no public exploit code available, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage. Organizations should patch affected systems to mitigate the risk of VM disruption.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 14.0, < 14.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, < 10.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:5.5:2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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