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CVE-2018-6973
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.…
High8.8EPSS 0.49%
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- Updated
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- vmware
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Out-of-bounds write vulnerability
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
VMware · Workstation
- affected 14.x before 14.1.3
VMware · Fusion
- affected 10.x before 10.1.3
References (3)
- 1041491 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0022.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 105094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .