Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-3966
CVE-2020-3966
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a heap-overflow due to a race condition issue in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Additional conditions beyond the attacker's control must be present for exploitation to be possible.
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Affected products
6<15.5.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <15.5.2
- (no CPE)range: 15.x before 15.5.2
- VMware/VMware ESXiv5Range: 7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-783/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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