Is CVE-2020-3962 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-3962 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-3962?

CVE-2020-3962 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-3962?

CVE-2020-3962 has an EPSS score of 0.57% (43th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3962?

Upgrade cloud foundation to 4.0.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-3962

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

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 a use-after-free vulnerability in the SVGA device. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud foundationNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1Fixed in:4.0.1CVE-2020-3962derived from NVD

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.5Fixed in:11.5.5CVE-2020-3962derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5Fixed in:15.5.5CVE-2020-3962derived 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 RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.57%probability of exploitation in 30 days

43rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 43% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory1

zerodayinitiative.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-416 (Use After Free) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2019-0708	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	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.