Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2020 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2020-3958
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in VMware ESXi from VMware. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 41% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| VMware | VMware ESXi | 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG |
| VMware | VMware Workstation | 15.x before 15.5.2 |
| VMware | VMware Fusion | 11.x before 11.5.2 |
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957 x_refsource_MISC