CVE-2018-6982

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2018-6982 · Published 04/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-6982 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting fusion (vmware), workstation (vmware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.45%, higher than 39.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 10.1.4, 14.1.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fusion vmware	`= 11.0.0≥ 10.0.0, < 10.1.4`	`10.1.4`
workstation vmware	`= 15.0.0≥ 14.0.0, < 14.1.4`	`14.1.4`

Description

VMware ESXi 6.7 without ESXi670-201811401-BG and VMware ESXi 6.5 without ESXi650-201811301-BG contain uninitialized stack memory usage in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter which may lead to an information leak from host to guest.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/105882 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1042055 · Third Party Advisory
vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0027.html · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

fusion

vmware

= 11.0.0≥ 10.0.0, < 10.1.4

10.1.4

workstation

vmware

= 15.0.0≥ 14.0.0, < 14.1.4

14.1.4

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