CVE-2018-6965 Information disclosure in VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion
An out-of-bounds read in the shader translator allows attackers to disclose information or crash virtual machines.
- 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-2018-6965?
CVE-2018-6965 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esxi, published on 9 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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-2018-6966 and CVE-2018-6967.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6965?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6965?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-6965 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6965 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esxi
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8chp-q824-m353.