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GHSA-VXF5-FPM2-G9FG

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:53 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:53

Details

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2018-6957 (GCVE-0-2018-6957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-15 19:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:06

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Denial-of-service vulnerability

Assigner

vmware

References

URL

Tags

	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103431	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040539	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

VMware

Workstation

Affected: 14.x before 14.1.1
Affected: 12.x

VMware

Fusion

Affected: 10.x before 10.1.1
Affected: 8.x

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-VXF5-FPM2-G9FG

CVE-2018-6957 (GCVE-0-2018-6957)

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