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CVE-2018-6974 — VMware ESXi (6

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.3) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.3) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execut

CVSS
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EPSS
0.06% (top 81.50%)
CWE
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Published
2018-10-16T20:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T19:46:18.799Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.3) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.3) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
VMwareESXi6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG
VMwareWorkstation14.x before 14.1.3
VMwareFusion10.x before 10.1.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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