Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-3971
CVE-2020-3971
Description
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2) contain a heap overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
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Affected products
100cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=15.0.0,<15.0.2
- (no CPE)range: < 15.0.2
- (no CPE)range: 15.x before 15.0.2
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 91 more
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703002:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201704001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707101:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707102:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707103:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707207:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707208:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707209:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707210:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707215:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707219:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707220:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707221:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201710001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201712001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201803001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810002:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811002:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811301:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201901001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201903001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201905001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201807001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810101:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810102:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810103:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810201:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810202:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810203:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810204:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810205:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810206:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810207:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810208:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810209:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810210:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810211:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810212:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810213:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810214:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810215:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810216:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810217:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810218:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810219:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810220:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810221:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810222:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810223:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810224:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810225:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810226:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810227:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810228:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810229:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810230:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810231:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810232:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810233:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810234:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201811001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901401:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901402:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201901403:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201903001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201904001:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: < ESXi670-201904101-SG, < ESXi650-201907101-SG
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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