CVE-2020-3999

VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U1c-17325551), VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.0 and 15.x prior to 15.5.7), VMware Fusion (12.x prior to 12.0 and 11.x prior to 11.5.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation contain a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. A malicious actor with normal user privilege access to a virtual machine can crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0029.html	Patch Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-12-21 08:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 04:39

NVD link : CVE-2020-3999

Mitre link : CVE-2020-3999

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

vmware

workstation
fusion
esxi

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