CVE-2018-6972

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 86.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-07-25 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 23:06Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-02-14

Assigning CNA

vmware

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

67749c033774992e6aedf13047b50271c1712dd0fb54b5a79606807afa120350

• www.securityfocus.com104884http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104884vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1041356http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041356vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securitytracker.com1041357http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041357vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0018.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM