CVE-2020-3981Out-of-bounds Read in Vmware Cloud Foundation

Severity
5.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 65.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 20
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.3 | Impact: 4.0

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDvmware/fusion11.011.5.6
NVDvmware/workstation15.0.015.5.6
NVDvmware/esxi6.5, 6.7, 7.0.0+2
NVDvmware/cloud_foundation3.03.10.1+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9v5h-wgx5-jxxj: VMware ESXi (72022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-3981: VMware ESXi (72020-10-20

📋Vendor Advisories

1
VMware
VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion and NSX-T updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2020-3981, CVE-2020-3982, CVE-2020-3992, CVE-2020-3993, CVE-2020-3994, CVE-2020-3995)2020-10-20