CVE-2018-6977
VMware ESXi and Hosted Products D3D Shader Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 9, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.0
Exploitability Score :
2.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6977
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-6977.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-6977 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-400 CWE-400 CWE-835 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 10, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html No Types Assigned https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html Mitigation, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-400 Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 14.0.0 up to (including) 14.1.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 15.0.0 up to (including) 15.0.2 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 10.0.0 up to (including) 10.1.5 *cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 11.0.0 up to (including) 11.0.2 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6977 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-6977
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.02%
score
0.23164
percentile