High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3960
CVE-2020-3960
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- Range: < 15.5.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0012.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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