VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6966
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability2.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-09
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-6965 and CVE-2018-6967.
Weakness classification
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
Primary references
- security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@vmware.com — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory