Unrated severityCISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Oct 20, 2020· Updated Oct 21, 2025
CVE-2020-3992
CVE-2020-3992
Description
OpenSLP as used in VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.1-0.0.16850804, 6.7 before ESXi670-202010401-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202010401-SG) has a use-after-free issue. A malicious actor residing in the management network who has access to port 427 on an ESXi machine may be able to trigger a use-after-free in the OpenSLP service resulting in remote code execution.
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References
3- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1377/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1385/mitrex_refsource_MISC
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