{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-06-11T05:36:17+00:00","cve":"CVE-2018-6970","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2018-6970","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2018-6970.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6970","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6970"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2018-6970","description":"VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.","state":"PUBLIC","assigner":"security@vmware.com","published_at":"2018-08-13 21:48:00","updated_at":"2018-10-15 18:33:00"},"problem_types":["CWE-125"],"metrics":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031","name":"105031","refsource":"BID","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"VMware Horizon View Client CVE-2018-6970 Information Disclosure Vulnerability","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430","name":"1041430","refsource":"SECTRACK","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"title":"VMware Horizon Out-of-Bounds Memory Read Error in Message Framework Lets Local Users View Portions of System Memory on the Target System - SecurityTracker","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html","name":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"title":"VMSA-2018-0019.1","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6970","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6970","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"6970","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"horizon_client","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"6970","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"horizon_client","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"6970","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"horizon_view","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2018","cve_id":"6970","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"1","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"vmware","cpe5":"horizon_view","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"security@vmware.com","DATE_PUBLIC":"2018-08-07T00:00:00","ID":"CVE-2018-6970","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"VMware Horizon 6, Horizon 7, and Horizon Client","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1)"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"VMware"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"Out-of-bounds read vulnerability"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1041430","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430"},{"name":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html"},{"name":"105031","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031"}]}},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2018-08-13 21:48:00","lastModifiedDate":"2018-10-15 18:33:00","problem_types":["CWE-125"],"metrics":{"baseMetricV3":{"cvssV3":{"version":"3.0","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM"},"exploitabilityScore":2.8,"impactScore":3.6},"baseMetricV2":{"cvssV2":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N","accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"SINGLE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":4},"severity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8,"impactScore":2.9,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}},"configurations":{"CVE_data_version":"4.0","nodes":[{"operator":"OR","children":[],"cpe_match":[{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.0.0","versionEndExcluding":"4.8.1","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.0.0","versionEndExcluding":"6.2.7","cpe_name":[]},{"vulnerable":true,"cpe23Uri":"cpe:2.3:a:vmware:horizon_view:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.0.0","versionEndExcluding":"7.5.1","cpe_name":[]}]}]}},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"6970","Ordinal":"123204","Title":"CVE-2018-6970","CVE":"CVE-2018-6970","Year":"2018"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"6970","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.","Type":"Description","Title":null},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"6970","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2018-08-13","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2018","CveId":"6970","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2018-08-14","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}