CVE-2020-3946

published 2020-04-20

CVE-2020-3946: InstallBuilder AutoUpdate tool and regular installers enabling built with versions earlier than 19.11 are vulnerable to Billion laughs attack…

Priority P4 33 high 7.5 CVSS 3.1

AV N AC L PR N UI N S U C N I N A H

InstallBuilder AutoUpdate tool and regular installers enabling built with versions earlier than 19.11 are vulnerable to Billion laughs attack (denial-of-service).

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
vmware	installbuilder	< 19.11.0	19.11.0
vmware	installbuilder	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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