CVE-2020-3970

Low

Description

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 read vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative local access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service condition.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.8
Exploit probability—
ProductVmware Fusion
PublishedJun 25, 2020
First seenJun 25, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • vmware fusion11.5.5 or later
  • vmware cloud_foundation3.10, 4.0.1 or later
  • vmware workstation15.5.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
vmware fusion11.0.0 ≤ v < 11.5.511.5.5
vmware cloud_foundation3.0 ≤ v < 3.10, 4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.0.13.10, 4.0.1
vmware workstation15.0.0 ≤ v < 15.5.515.5.5
vmware esxi6.5, 6.7, 7.0.0—

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