Medium severity · published Oct 20, 2020
CVE-2020-3995
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…
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
6.7; 6.7; 6.7; 6.7; 6.7; 6.7; +34 more · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
3.0 before 3.9 · source: NVD
FU
Fusion · Vmware
11.0.0 before 11.1.0 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
15.0.0 before 15.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3995
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-3995
Patch
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html
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