CVE-2018-6974 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2018-6974

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0...

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

VMware

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Affected Software

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion

Vulnerable Versions:

6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG, 14.x before 14.1.3, 10.x before 10.1.3

Timeline

Official Publish: October 16th, 2018

Last Modified: September 16th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.