Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6957
CVE-2018-6957
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.
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Affected products
45cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 16 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.0,<10.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 10.x < 10.1.1, 8.x
- (no CPE)range: 10.x before 10.1.1
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 27 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=14.0,<14.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=14.0,<14.1.1
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 14.x < 14.1.1, 12.x
- (no CPE)range: 14.x before 14.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0008.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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