CVE-2020-3968

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 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 3.0 controller (xHCI). A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition or 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 15.5.5affected
VMwareFusion11.x before 11.5.5affected

Weaknesses

  • Out-of-bounds write vulnerability

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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