Is CVE-2018-6972 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6972 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6972?

CVE-2018-6972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6972?

CVE-2018-6972 has an EPSS score of 3.00% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6972?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6972

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201806401-BG, 6.0 before ESXi600-201806401-BG and 5.5 before ESXi550-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to NULL pointer dereference issue in RPC handler. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs.

CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 10.0, < 10.1.2Fixed in:10.1.2CVE-2018-6972derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 14.0, < 14.1.2Fixed in:14.1.2CVE-2018-6972derived 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

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

3.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-21758	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21547	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-3470	Medium	4.3	86%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-44224	High	8.2	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0742	High	7.5	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2009-1386	Medium	5.0	80%	-	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.