CVE-2018-6966

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    CVE-2018-6966

    Published: 9 Jul 2018Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0016.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104709, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041208

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    Low
    High