CVE-2018-6957 (GCVE-0-2018-6957)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-03-15 19:00
Modified
2024-09-16 23:06
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Denial-of-service vulnerability
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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| ► | VMware | Workstation |
Version: 14.x before 14.1.1 Version: 12.x |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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