Vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2020-3995
In VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0), the VMCI host drivers used by VMware hypervisors contain a memory leak vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine may be able to trigger a memory leak issue resulting in memory resource exhaustion on the hypervisor if the attack is sustained for extended periods of time.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- VMware Cloud Foundation
- VMware Esxi — versions 6.7, 6.5
- VMware Fusion
- VMware Workstation
- VMware Esxi, Workstation, Fusion — versions VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0)
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-3995?
- CVE-2020-3995 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-10-20.
- How severe is CVE-2020-3995?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.