Is CVE-2018-6966 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6966 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6966?

CVE-2018-6966 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6966?

CVE-2018-6966 has an EPSS score of 2.26% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6966?

Upgrade fusion to 10.1.2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6966

HIGHEPSS 81th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 10.0, < 10.1.2Fixed in:10.1.2CVE-2018-6966derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.1.2Fixed in:14.1.2CVE-2018-6966derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.