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CVE-2018-6972

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges…

Severity
Medium 6.5
Published
25 Jul 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 87% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 10 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
VMware ESXiServers and applications · cpe:o:vmware:esxi
  • Version 6.7-670-201806001
  • Version 6.7
  • Version 6.5-650-201806001
  • Version 6.5-650-201803001
All 122 release lines
  • Version 5.5-3a
  • Version 5.5-3b
  • Version 5.5
  • Version 5.5-1
  • Version 5.5-2
  • Version 5.5-550-20170901001s
  • Version 5.5-550-20170904001
  • Version 6.0-1a
  • Version 6.0-1b
  • Version 6.0-3a
  • Version 6.0
  • Version 6.0-1
  • Version 6.0-2
  • Version 6.0-3
  • Version 6.0-600-201504401
  • Version 6.0-600-201505401
  • Version 6.0-600-201507101
  • Version 6.0-600-201507102
  • Version 6.0-600-201507401
  • Version 6.0-600-201507402
  • Version 6.0-600-201507403
  • Version 6.0-600-201507404
  • Version 6.0-600-201507405
  • Version 6.0-600-201507406
  • Version 6.0-600-201507407
  • Version 6.0-600-201509101
  • Version 6.0-600-201509102
  • Version 6.0-600-201509201
  • Version 6.0-600-201509202
  • Version 6.0-600-201509203
  • Version 6.0-600-201509204
  • Version 6.0-600-201509205
  • Version 6.0-600-201509206
  • Version 6.0-600-201509207
  • Version 6.0-600-201509208
  • Version 6.0-600-201509209
  • Version 6.0-600-201509210
  • Version 6.0-600-201510401
  • Version 6.0-600-201511401
  • Version 6.0-600-201601101
  • Version 6.0-600-201601102
  • Version 6.0-600-201601401
  • Version 6.0-600-201601402
  • Version 6.0-600-201601403
  • Version 6.0-600-201601404
  • Version 6.0-600-201601405
  • Version 6.0-600-201602401
  • Version 6.0-600-201603101
  • Version 6.0-600-201603102
  • Version 6.0-600-201603201
  • Version 6.0-600-201603202
  • Version 6.0-600-201603203
  • Version 6.0-600-201603204
  • Version 6.0-600-201603205
  • Version 6.0-600-201603206
  • Version 6.0-600-201603207
  • Version 6.0-600-201603208
  • Version 6.0-600-201605401
  • Version 6.0-600-201608101
  • Version 6.0-600-201608401
  • Version 6.0-600-201608402
  • Version 6.0-600-201608403
  • Version 6.0-600-201608404
  • Version 6.0-600-201608405
  • Version 6.0-600-201610410
  • Version 6.0-600-201611401
  • Version 6.0-600-201611402
  • Version 6.0-600-201611403
  • Version 6.0-600-201702101
  • Version 6.0-600-201702102
  • Version 6.0-600-201702201
  • Version 6.0-600-201702202
  • Version 6.0-600-201702203
  • Version 6.0-600-201702204
  • Version 6.0-600-201702205
  • Version 6.0-600-201702206
  • Version 6.0-600-201702207
  • Version 6.0-600-201702208
  • Version 6.0-600-201702209
  • Version 6.0-600-201702210
  • Version 6.0-600-201702211
  • Version 6.0-600-201702212
  • Version 6.0-600-201703401
  • Version 6.0-600-201706101
  • Version 6.0-600-201706102
  • Version 6.0-600-201706103
  • Version 6.5
  • Version 6.5-2
  • Version 6.5-650-201701001
  • Version 6.5-650-201703001
  • Version 6.5-650-201703002
  • Version 6.5-650-201704001
  • Version 6.5-650-201707101
  • Version 6.5-650-201707102
  • Version 6.5-650-201707103
  • Version 6.5-650-201707201
  • Version 6.5-650-201707202
  • Version 6.5-650-201707203
  • Version 6.5-650-201707204
  • Version 6.5-650-201707205
  • Version 6.5-650-201707206
  • Version 6.5-650-201707207
  • Version 6.5-650-201707208
  • Version 6.5-650-201707209
  • Version 6.5-650-201707210
  • Version 6.5-650-201707211
  • Version 6.5-650-201707212
  • Version 6.5-650-201707213
  • Version 6.5-650-201707214
  • Version 6.5-650-201707215
  • Version 6.5-650-201707216
  • Version 6.5-650-201707217
  • Version 6.5-650-201707218
  • Version 6.5-650-201707219
  • Version 6.5-650-201707220
  • Version 6.5-650-201707221
  • Version 6.5-650-201710001
  • Version 6.5-650-201712001
  • Version 6.5-650-201803001
  • Version 6.5-650-201806001
  • Version 6.7
  • Version 6.7-670-201806001

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6972
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6972