Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Mar 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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

VMware/Fusionllm-fuzzy2 versions
10.x < 10.1.1, 8.x+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 10.x < 10.1.1, 8.x
- (no CPE)range: 10.x before 10.1.1
VMware/Workstationllm-fuzzy2 versions
14.x < 14.1.1, 12.x+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 14.x < 14.1.1, 12.x
- (no CPE)range: 14.x before 14.1.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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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