CVE-2018-6973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.3) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.3) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the e1000 device. This issue may allow a guest to execute code on the host.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Vmware	Fusion Workstation

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105094
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041491
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0022.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00073}`	epss `{'score': 0.00164}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2018-08-15T12:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:41:38.547Z

Reserved: 2018-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6973

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-15T12:29:00.587

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:30.703

Link: CVE-2018-6973

Redhat

No data.

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