High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-6973

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.3) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.3) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000 device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

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Affected products

VMware/Fusionllm-fuzzy2 versions
<10.1.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.1.3
- (no CPE)range: 10.x before 10.1.3
VMware/Workstationllm-fuzzy2 versions
<14.1.3+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <14.1.3
- (no CPE)range: 14.x before 14.1.3

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105094nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1041491nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0022.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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