Multiple VMware Products CVE-2018-6974 Local Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:105660

CVE-2018-6974 |

Info

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2018-6974 Local Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 105660
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2018-6974
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 16 2018 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 16 2018 12:00AM
Credit: Anonymous working with Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 14.1.1
VMWare Workstation 14.1
VMWare Workstation 14.1.2
VMWare Workstation 14.0
VMWare Fusion 10.1.2
VMWare Fusion 10.1.1
VMWare Fusion 10.1
VMWare Fusion 10.0
VMWare Esxi 6.7
VMWare Esxi 6.5
VMWare Esxi 6.0
Not Vulnerable: VMWare Workstation 14.1.3
VMWare Fusion 10.1.3
VMWare Esxi ESXi670-201810101-SG
VMWare Esxi ESXi650-201808401-BG
VMWare Esxi ESXi600-201808401-BG

Discussion

Multiple VMware Products CVE-2018-6974 Local Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Multiple VMware products are prone to a local heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the host. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

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