CVE-2020-3958
MEDIUMVMware Fusion 11.0.0-11.5.1 and Workstation 15.0.0-15.5.1 - Denial of Service via Shader Functionality
Title source: llmDescription
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
26.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-617
Status
published
Products (1)
vmware/esxi
6.5 (50 CPE variants)
Published
May 29, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026