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CVE-2018-6957

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CVE-2018-6957

Published: Mar 15, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.1, 12.x) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.1 and 8.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability which can be triggered by opening a large number of VNC sessions. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible on Workstation and Fusion, VNC must be manually enabled.

VendorProductVersions

VMware

Workstation

affected
14.x before 14.1.1
affected
12.x

VMware

Fusion

affected
10.x before 10.1.1
affected
8.x

References

103431
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
1040539
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK

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