CVE-2020-3999
Medium
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U1c-17325551), VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.0 and 15.x prior to 15.5.7), VMware Fusion (12.x prior to 12.0 and 11.x prior to 11.5.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation contain a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. A malicious actor with normal user privilege access to a virtual machine can crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
Product
Vmware Workstation
PublishedDec 21, 2020
First seenDec 21, 2020
How to fix
Update
- vmware workstation15.5.7 or later
- vmware fusion11.5.7 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| vmware workstation | 15.0.0 ≤ v < 15.5.7 | 15.5.7 |
| vmware esxi | 7.0 | — |
| vmware fusion | 11.5.0 ≤ v < 11.5.7 | 11.5.7 |
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