Is CVE-2018-6970 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6970 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6970?

CVE-2018-6970 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6970?

CVE-2018-6970 has an EPSS score of 1.78% (76th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6970?

Upgrade horizon client to 4.8.1 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6970

MEDIUMEPSS 76th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

horizon clientNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.8.1Fixed in:4.8.1CVE-2018-6970derived from NVD

horizon viewNVD

Affected:>= 7.0.0, < 7.5.1Fixed in:7.5.1CVE-2018-6970derived 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

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.78%probability of exploitation in 30 days

76thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 76% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

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.