CVE-2020-3982

HIGHScheduled

Published:Oct 20, 2020(5 years ago)

Modified:Nov 21, 2024

Remote ExploitNo InteractionScope Changes

Vulnerability Description

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202008101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x), Fusion (11.x before 11.5.6) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability due to a time-of-check time-of-use issue in ACPI device. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this vulnerability to crash the virtual machine's vmx process or corrupt hypervisor's memory heap.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessHigh ComplexityHigh PrivilegesNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

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

Affected Software

225

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

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Oct 20, 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-2020-0023.htmlPatch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlPatch

CVSS Score

v3.1

7.7/ 10.0

HIGH

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

At a Glance

225

Affected Products

References

vmware / esxi

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

CVE-2020-3982

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At a Glance

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description