CVE-2020-3981
Last modified
CVE-2020-3981 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | >= 3.0, < 3.10.1 |
| Vmware | Cloud Foundation | >= 4.0, < 4.1 |
| Vmware | Workstation | >= 15.0.0, <= 15.5.6 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 7.0.0 |
| Vmware | Fusion | >= 11.0, < 11.5.6 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.5 |
| Vmware | Esxi | 6.7 |
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
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- Status
- Modified
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