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    CVE-2020-3959

    VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0) contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service.

    Published:May 29, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 29, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00104
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Esxi
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Fusion
    Vendor
    Vmware
    Product
    Workstation

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High