CVE-2020-3969

HIGH

VMware ESXi <7.0-1.20.16321839,6.7-202004101-SG,6.5-202005401-SG - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5) contain an off-by-one heap-overflow vulnerability in the SVGA device. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Additional conditions beyond the attacker's control must be present for exploitation to be possible.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-193
Status published
Products (2)
vmware/cloud_foundation 3.0 - 3.10
vmware/esxi 6.5 (49 CPE variants)
Published Jun 24, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026