6.5
MEDIUM
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.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

2.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6977 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Vmware workstation
2 Vmware esxi
3 Vmware fusion
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 list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6977 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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.

  • 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]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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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

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