High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6966

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-2018-6965 and CVE-2018-6967.

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Affected products

VMware/Esxillm-fuzzy
Range: 6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG
VMware/Fusionllm-fuzzy
Range: 10.x before 10.1.2
VMware/Workstationllm-fuzzy
Range: 14.x before 14.1.2
VMware/VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusionv5
Range: VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2)

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/104709nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041208nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0016.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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