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CVE-2018-6966 (GCVE-0-2018-6966)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:22
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Summary
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-6965 and CVE-2018-6967.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104709 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041208 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
VMware VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Affected: VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2)
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2018-06-28 00:00
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