CVE-2020-3958

MEDIUMMonitor

Published:May 29, 2020(5 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Local AccessNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.

Attack Characteristics

Local AccessLow ComplexityLow PrivilegesNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

186

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
vmware	esxi	-	-
vmware	esxi	-	-
vmware	esxi	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
May 29, 20205 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 21, 20241 year ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-095...Third Party Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-095...Third Party Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

5.5/ 10.0

MEDIUM

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

At a Glance

186

Affected Products

References

vmware / esxi

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

CVE-2020-3958

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At a Glance

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description