CVE-2018-6977

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6977
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-09 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive, and in some cases, possibly result other VMs on the host or the host itself becoming unresponsive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.7 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.0 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.5 All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 6.7 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

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2018-0025 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
VMware ESXi 3D-Acceleration Feature Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware 3D-Acceleration Feature Lets Local Users on a Guest System Cause Denial of Service Conditions on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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