Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU13954

Null pointer dereference in VMware Horizon - CVE-2018-6972

Published: July 20, 2018 / Updated: July 23, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU13954

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6972

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Adjecent network

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: VMware, Inc

Affected software:
VMware Horizon

Detailed vulnerability description

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. An adjacent attacker can cause the virtual machine to crash.

Update to version 7.5.1.