What is CVE-2023-20870?

CVE-2023-20870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2023-20870?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Vmware Fusion

CVE-2023-20870

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (30.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Vmware Fusion
Vmware Workstation
N/a Vmware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) And Fusion — versions VMware Workstation (17.x) and VMware Fusion (13.x)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

security@vmware.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-20870?: CVE-2023-20870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Fusion, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2023-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2023-20870?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.