CVE-2018-6957

MEDIUM

VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.1 and 12.x - Denial of Service via VNC Session Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0165
EPSS Percentile 73.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (41)
vmware/fusion 8.0
vmware/fusion 8.0.1
vmware/fusion 8.0.2
vmware/fusion 8.1
vmware/fusion 8.1.1
vmware/fusion 8.5
vmware/fusion 8.5.1
vmware/fusion 8.5.2
vmware/fusion 8.5.3
vmware/fusion 8.5.4
... and 31 more
Published Mar 15, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026