CVE-2018-6963 Null dereference in Fusion
A local attacker with limited guest privileges can cause a denial of service in VMware Workstation or Fusion via a null pointer dereference in the RPC handler.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-6963?
CVE-2018-6963 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 22 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6963?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6963?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6963 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6963 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6963 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion
Sources
Also known as GHSA-68fh-262x-p9gv.