CVE-2018-6983 Integer overflow in VMware Workstation and Fusion

What is CVE-2018-6983?

CVE-2018-6983 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, published on 27 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2 and 14.x before 14.1.5) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2 and 10.x before 10.1.5) contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the virtual network devices. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6983?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6983?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-6983 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-6983 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6983 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Fusion

• CVE-2020-3950 VMware Multiple Products Privilege Escalation Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2017-4901 Memory corruption in Fusion Pro / Fusion Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-22267 Use after free in VMware Fusion Critical 9.3
• CVE-2019-5541 Memory corruption in Workstation and Fusion Critical 9.1
• CVE-2024-38811 Code-execution vulnerability High 8.8

All Vmware Fusion vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5jx3-fq8r-vrrm.