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Note: This issue doesn't apply to Horizon 6, 7 Agents installed on Linux systems or Horizon Clients installed on non-Windows systems.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.01758,"percentile":0.78118,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"published":"2018-08-13T21:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:02:32Z","products":[{"vendor":"vmware","product":"horizon_client"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"horizon_view"},{"vendor":"vmware","product":"vmware horizon 6, horizon 7, and horizon client"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041430","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2018-0019.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105031","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6970"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6j55-6hf8-fxvj"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-6970","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. 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