CVE-2020-3959

LOWMonitor

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 15.1.0) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0) contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service.

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	fusion	11.0.0 - 11.1.0	-
vmware	workstation	15.0.0 - 15.1.0	-
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.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.htmlVendor Advisory

CVSS Score

v3.1

3.3/ 10.0

LOW

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

At a Glance

186

Affected Products

References

vmware / fusion +185 more

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CVE-2020-3959

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CVSS v3 Vector

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