Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-3968
CVE-2020-3968
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 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5) contain an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 3.0 controller (xHCI). A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition or 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
615.x before 15.5.5+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: 15.x before 15.5.5
- (no CPE)range: 15.x before 15.5.5
- 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-20-781/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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