CVE-2018-6977

VMware 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.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.9 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

4.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-10-09 13:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-6977

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6977

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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Products Affected

vmware

workstation
fusion
esxi

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