CVE-2020-3971
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CVE-2020-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | >= 3.0, < 3.7.2 |
| Vmware | Fusion | >= 11.0.0, < 11.0.2 |
| Vmware | Workstation | >= 15.0.0, < 15.0.2 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.7 |
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