CVE-2020-3959 is a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker with local, non-administrative access to a virtual machine could exploit this to crash the vmx process, leading to a partial denial of service for that VM. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0.0, < 11.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 15.0.0, < 15.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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