CVE-2020-3966

Summary

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a heap-overflow due to a race condition issue in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Additional conditions beyond the attacker's control must be present for exploitation to be possible.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
VMwareVMware ESXi7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839affected
VMwareVMware ESXi6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SGaffected
VMwareVMware ESXi6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SGaffected
VMwareWorkstation15.x before 15.5.2affected
VMwareFusion11.x before 11.5.2affected

Weaknesses

  • Heap-overflow due to race condition.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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