CVE-2020-3971
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 0.35 % · percentile 28 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2020-06-25 Updated 2024-08-04 Assigner vmware NVD status Modified
Description 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 actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 LOW 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Weaknesses (CWE)
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CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 3.0 < 3.7.2cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 11.0.0 < 11.0.2cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≥ 15.0.0 < 15.0.2cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703002:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201704001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707101:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707102:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707103:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707201:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707202:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707203:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707204:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707205:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707206:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707207:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707208:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707209:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707210:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707211:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707212:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707213:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707214:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707215:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707216:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707217:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707218:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707219:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707220:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707221:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201710001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201712001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201803001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201810002:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201811001:*:*:*:*:*:*+54 more
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