Is CVE-2020-3965 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-3965 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-3965?

CVE-2020-3965 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-3965?

CVE-2020-3965 has an EPSS score of 0.59% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3965?

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

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-3965

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain an information leak in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

cloud foundationNVD

Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1Fixed in:4.0.1CVE-2020-3965derived from NVD

fusionNVD

Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.2Fixed in:11.5.2CVE-2020-3965derived from NVD

workstationNVD

Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.2Fixed in:15.5.2CVE-2020-3965derived 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

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.59%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

packetstormsecurity.com

Vendor Advisory1

vmware.com

Third-Party Advisory1

seclists.org

Related Vulnerabilities

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

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	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.