CVE-2018-6972
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-6972 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-07-25 13:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2022-06-02 19:20:00 UTC |
| Description | VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-476
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Apple | Mac Os X | - | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 3a | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 3b | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 550-20170901001s | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 5.5 | 550-20170904001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 1a | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 1b | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 3a | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201504401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201505401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507402 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507403 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507404 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507405 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507406 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201507407 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509201 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509202 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509203 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509204 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509205 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509206 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509207 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509208 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509209 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201509210 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201510401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201511401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601402 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601403 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601404 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201601405 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201602401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603201 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603202 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603203 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603204 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603205 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603206 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603207 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201603208 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201605401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608402 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608403 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608404 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201608405 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201610410 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201611401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201611402 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201611403 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702201 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702202 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702203 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702204 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702205 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702206 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702207 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702208 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702209 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702210 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702211 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201702212 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201703401 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201706101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201706102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.0 | 600-201706103 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201701001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201703001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201703002 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201704001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707101 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707102 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707103 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707201 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707202 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707203 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707204 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707205 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707206 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707207 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707208 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707209 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707210 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707211 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707212 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707213 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707214 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707215 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707216 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707217 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707218 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707219 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707220 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201707221 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201710001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201712001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201803001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 | 650-201806001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.7 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | 6.7 | 670-201806001 | All | All |
| Operating System | Vmware | Esxi | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Fusion | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Fusion | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Fusion | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Fusion | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Workstation | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Vmware | Workstation | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| VMSA-2018-0018 | CONFIRM | www.vmware.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Multiple VMware Products CVE-2018-6972 Denial of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| VMware Workstation/Fusion Null Pointer Dereference in RPC Handler Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on Their Guest System - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| VMware ESXi Null Pointer Dereference in RPC Handler Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on Their Guest System - SecurityTracker | SECTRACK | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.