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.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| VMware | VMware ESXi | affected |
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| VMware | Workstation | affected |
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| VMware | Fusion | affected |
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Configuration 1 [-]
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2020-25231 | 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. |
References
History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.417Z
Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-3966
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-06-25T15:15:11.257
Modified: 2026-06-17T03:19:20.897
Link: CVE-2020-3966
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
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CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')