Is CVE-2018-6981 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6981 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6981?

CVE-2018-6981 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6981?

CVE-2018-6981 has an EPSS score of 1.27% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6981?

Upgrade fusion to 10.1.4 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6981

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG, VMware ESXi 6.0 without ESXi600-201811401-BG, VMware Workstation 15, VMware Workstation 14.1.3 or below, VMware Fusion 11, VMware Fusion 10.1.3 or below contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter which may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

CWE-908

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 10.0.0, < 10.1.4Fixed in:10.1.4CVE-2018-6981derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 14.0.0, < 14.1.4Fixed in:14.1.4CVE-2018-6981derived 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 VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory3

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CVE-2011-1255	High	9.3	42%	-	-

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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.