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CVE-2018-6972

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.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 4 products from vmware, from vmware, from apple and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2018, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2018-07-25T13:29:00.347

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:11:30.563

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	vmware	workstation	< 14.1.2	Yes
Application	vmware	fusion	< 10.1.2	Yes
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	-	No
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	5.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.0	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.5	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.7	Yes
Operating System	vmware	esxi	6.7	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For vmware's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.