DoS vulnerability in VMware products

Description

Infinite loop vulnerability was found in VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. Malicious users can exploit this vulnerability to cause denial of service.

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Technical details

This vulnerability can be exploited if 3D-acceleration feature is enabled. It’s enabled by default on Workstation and Fusion. It’s needed to disable 3D-acceleration feature to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original advisories

• VMSA-2018-0025

Related products

• VMware-Workstation
• VMware-Fusion

CVE list

• CVE-2018-6977
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