VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6957

CVSS score5.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-03-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references