CVE-2018-6957

Published Mar 15, 2018

Last updated 3 days ago

Overview

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.
Source
security@vmware.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.3
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.5
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-772

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations