High 8.1Published Jul 9, 2018

CVE-2018-6966VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator.

Updated under an hour ago (Nov 2, 2026, 1:25 AM ET)

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VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation (14.x before 14.1.2), and Fusion (10.x before 10.1.2) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the shader translator. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to information disclosure or may allow attackers with normal user privileges to crash their VMs, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-6965 and CVE-2018-6967.

CVSS: 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-125
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

vmware fusion vmware:fusion	from 10.0 before 10.1.2	NVD
vmware workstation vmware:workstation	from 14.0 before 14.1.2	NVD
vmware esxi vmware:esxi	6.7; 6.7	NVD

References

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104709	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041208	third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0016.html	vendor-advisory

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