CVE-2018-6972
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2018
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
ESXi
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- ESXi
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
Workstation
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Workstation
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.x before 14.1.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
Fusion
- Vendor
- VMware
- Product
- Fusion
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.x before 10.1.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |