CVE-2020-3959

LOW

VMware Fusion 11.0.0-11.1.0 and Workstation 15.0.0-15.1.0 - Denial of Service via VMCI Module Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0) contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 3.3
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (1)
vmware/esxi 6.5 (50 CPE variants)
Published May 29, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026