CVE-2020-3970

LOW

VMware ESXi 7.0/6.7/6.5, Workstation 15.x, Fusion 11.x - Out-of-bounds Read in Shader

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 out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative local access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service condition.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-782/

Scores

CVSS v3 3.8
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (2)
vmware/cloud_foundation 3.0 - 3.10
vmware/esxi 6.5 (49 CPE variants)
Published Jun 25, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026