VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.1 Denial of Service Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0008)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 14.x prior to 14.1.1. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. In order for exploitation to be possible, VNC feature must be manually enabled. C...

VMSA-2018-0027 : VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address uninitialized stack memory usage

a. vmxnet3 uninitialized stack memory usage VMware ESXi, Fusion and Workstation contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host. The issue is present if vmxnet3 is enabled. Non vmxnet3 virtual adapters are n...

VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Uninitialized Stack Memory Usage Vulnerability

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are all products of VMware, Inc. VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers; VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software; and Fusion is a suite of virtual machine software that is designed t...

VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.4 / 15.x < 15.0.1 vmxnet3 Guest-to-Host Code Execution Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0027)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote host is 14.x prior to 14.1.4 or 15.x prior to 15.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by an uninitialized stack memory usage vulnerability in the vmxnet3 network adapter. An attacker with access to a guest system may be able to execute code on...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review the VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0027 and apply the...

VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.3 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0026)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Windows host is 14.x prior to 14.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA devices. An attacker with access to a guest system may be able to execute code on the host system by leveraging this...

VMware Workstation 14.x < 14.1.3 Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability (VMSA-2018-0026) (Linux)

The version of VMware Workstation installed on the remote Linux host is 14.x prior to 14.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA devices. An attacker with access to a guest system may be able to execute code on the host system by leveraging this vulnerabilit...

VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are all products of VMware, Inc. VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers; VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software; and Fusion is a suite of virtual machine software that is designed t...

CVE-2018-6974

CVE-2018-6974 describes an out-of-bounds read in the SVGA device affecting VMware ESXi (various older builds), VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.3), and VMware Fusion (10.x before 10.1.3). The issue could allow a guest to execute code on the host due to SVGA parsing/reading flaws. Affected pro...

CVE-2018-6974

VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG, Workstation 14.x before 14.1.3 and Fusion 10.x before 10.1.3 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host...

CVE-2018-6974

VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG, Workstation 14.x before 14.1.3 and Fusion 10.x before 10.1.3 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host...

CVE-2018-6974

VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG, Workstation 14.x before 14.1.3 and Fusion 10.x before 10.1.3 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host...

Out-of-bounds

VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201808401-BG, and 6.0 before ESXi600-201808401-BG, Workstation 14.x before 14.1.3 and Fusion 10.x before 10.1.3 contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in SVGA device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host...

VMware Releases Security Updates

VMware has released security updates to address a vulnerability in ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control of an affected system. NCCIC encourages users and administrators to review VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0026 and apply the necessary...

VMware Workstation SVGA Heap-based Buffer Overflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

This vulnerability allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of VMware Workstation. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the guest system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling ...

Security Bulletin: Personal Communications WorkStation file Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0201)

Summary A buffer overflow vulnerability in the handling of WorkStation files .ws by IBM Personal Communications could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service application crash or potentially execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of IBM Personal Communications...

VMware ESXi, Workstation and Fusion Denial of Service Vulnerability

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion are all products of VMware, Inc. VMware ESXi is a server virtualization platform that can be installed directly on physical servers; VMware Workstation is a suite of virtual machine software; and Fusion is a suite of virtual machine software that is designed t...

CVE-2018-6977

VMware ESXi 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, Workstation 15.x and 14.x and Fusion 11.x and 10.x contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive,...

CVE-2018-6977

VMware ESXi 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, Workstation 15.x and 14.x and Fusion 11.x and 10.x contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive,...

Design/Logic Flaw

VMware ESXi 6.7, 6.5, 6.0, Workstation 15.x and 14.x and Fusion 11.x and 10.x contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive,...