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CVE-2020-3968

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 an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 3.0 controller (xHCI). A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Additional conditions beyond the attacker's control must be present for exploitation to be possible.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available
cloud foundationNVD
Affected:>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1Fixed in:4.0.1CVE-2020-3968derived from NVD
fusionNVD
Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.5.5Fixed in:11.5.5CVE-2020-3968derived from NVD
workstationNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.5.5Fixed in:15.5.5CVE-2020-3968derived 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
Third-Party Advisory1

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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.