Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2020 · Assigned by vmware

CVE-2020-3971

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Fusion from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 71.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2) contain a heap overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
VMware VMware ESXi 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG
VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.0.2
VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.0.2

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