CVE-2020-3981
Published Oct 20, 2020
CVSS 3.1 · 5.8 Medium
EPSS < 1%
KEV · Not listed
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.
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| n/a | VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion | affected |
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2020-25246 | 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
No CVSS v4.0
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
User Interaction None
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.802% probability within 30 days)
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
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