Vulnerability in VMware Esxi
CVE-2020-3958
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- VMware Esxi — versions 6.5, 6.7
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Esxi — versions 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG
- VMware Fusion — versions 11.x before 11.5.2
- VMware Workstation — versions 15.x before 15.5.2
- VMware Workstation
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957 (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-3958?
- CVE-2020-3958 is a medium-severity vulnerability in VMware Esxi, classified under Reachable Assertion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-05-29.
- How severe is CVE-2020-3958?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.