Null pointer dereference in VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation - CVE-2018-6963

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12991

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6963

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference in the RPC handler. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
Ubuntu
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)

Update VMware Workstation to version 14.1.2 and Fusion to version 10.1.2.

linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.8
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.8
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.8
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.8

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in VMware Workstation and Fusion
• Ubuntu update for linux-oracle