What is CVE-2020-3971?

CVE-2020-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud_foundation, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2020-3971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Vmware Cloud_foundation

CVE-2020-3971

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…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (25.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Cloud_foundation
Vmware Esxi — versions 6.5, 6.7
Vmware Fusion — versions 11.x before 11.0.2
Vmware Esxi — versions 6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG
Vmware Workstation — versions 15.x before 15.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

security@vmware.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-3971?: CVE-2020-3971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud_foundation, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-3971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.