CVE-2020-3960

moderate-risk
Published 2021-09-15

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-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 read vulnerability in NVMe functionality. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine with a virtual NVMe controller present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 8.4/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi
Vsphere Esxi

Affected Vendors

Vmware

References (2)

Patch https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0012.html
Patch https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0012.html
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 21/34 · High