Vulnerability · Published Oct 20, 2020 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2020-3981
Medium 5.8
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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 read 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 issue to leak memory from the vmx process.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion | 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) |
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html x_refsource_MISC