CVE-2020-3958

high-risk

Published 2020-05-29

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.

Do I need to act?

0.10% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Fusion

Workstation

Esxi

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (4)

Third Party Advisory https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html

Third Party Advisory https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957

Vendor Advisory https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html

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high-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 33/34 · Critical