CVE-2018-6970

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Message Framework library. Successfully exploiting this issue may allow a less-privileged user to leak information from a privileged process running on a system where Horizon Connection Server, Horizon Agent or Horizon Client are installed. Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
VMware	VMware Horizon 6, Horizon 7, and Horizon Client	VMware Horizon 6 (6.x.x before 6.2.7), Horizon 7 (7.x.x before 7.5.1), and Horizon Client (4.x.x and prior before 4.8.1)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 13, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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