CVE-2018-6977

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

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.5% 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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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

2018-10-09 20:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-16 20:26Z1 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-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

00a738536b0b806a0df7d75c4029f54f62d693b38d7e5399bd756844c6bfb327

• www.securityfocus.com105549http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105549vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1041821http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041821vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.vmware.comhttps://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0025.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1041822http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041822vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK