CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-3995

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0), the VMCI host drivers used by VMware hypervisors contain a memory leak vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine may be able to trigger a memory leak issue resulting in memory resource exhaustion on the hypervisor if the attack is sustained for extended periods of time.

How to fix

Remediation Available
cloud foundationNVD
Affected:>= 3.0, < 3.9Fixed in:3.9CVE-2020-3995derived from NVD
fusionNVD
Affected:>= 11.0.0, < 11.1.0Fixed in:11.1.0CVE-2020-3995derived from NVD
workstationNVD
Affected:>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0Fixed in:15.1.0CVE-2020-3995derived 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 VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.10%probability of exploitation in 30 days
62ndpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 62% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2020-13934High7.564%-Fix
CVE-2016-6304High7.563%-Fix
CVE-2019-12265Medium5.355%-Fix
CVE-2001-0136Medium5.045%--
CVE-2016-4232High7.536%--
CVE-2001-0543Medium5.021%--
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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.