CVE-2018-6957 Denial of service in Fusion
Attackers can cause denial of service in VMware Workstation and Fusion by opening many VNC sessions, requiring manual VNC enablement.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6957?
CVE-2018-6957 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 15 Mar 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-772
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6957?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation Player, Vmware Workstation Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6957?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-6957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxf5-fpm2-g9fg.