CVE-2020-3981
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Workstation
PublishedOct 20, 2020
First seenOct 20, 2020
How to fix
Update
- vmware cloud_foundation3.10.1, 4.1 or later
- vmware fusion11.5.6 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware workstation | 15.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.5.6 | — |
| vmware cloud_foundation | 3.0 ≤ v < 3.10.1, 4.0 ≤ v < 4.1 | 3.10.1, 4.1 |
| vmware esxi | 7.0.0, 6.5, 6.7 | — |
| vmware fusion | 11.0 ≤ v < 11.5.6 | 11.5.6 |
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