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CVE-2020-3960

HIGH
8.4
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-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 NVMe functionality. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine with a virtual NVMe controller present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.

How to fix

Remediation Available
fusionNVD
Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.5Fixed in:11.5.5CVE-2020-3960derived from NVD
workstationNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5Fixed in:15.5.5CVE-2020-3960derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
19thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 19% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2014-0160High7.5100%KEVFix
CVE-2025-5777High7.5100%KEV + RansomFix
CVE-2021-4034High7.895%KEVFix
CVE-2023-21769High7.592%-Fix
CVE-2023-49285High8.689%-Fix
CVE-2020-8794Critical9.889%-Fix
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.