Is CVE-2018-6983 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6983 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6983?

CVE-2018-6983 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6983?

CVE-2018-6983 has an EPSS score of 0.45% (36th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6983?

Upgrade fusion to 11.0.2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6983

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2 and 14.x before 14.1.5) and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2 and 10.x before 10.1.5) contain an integer overflow vulnerability in the virtual network devices. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.0.2Fixed in:11.0.2CVE-2018-6983derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.0.2Fixed in:15.0.2CVE-2018-6983derived 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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

36thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 36% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	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.