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CVE-2020-3965
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.56%
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- Updated
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- vmware
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain an information leak in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
- Information Leak
- CWE-125 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-125 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839
- affected 6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-SG
- affected 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG
- affected 15.x before 15.5.2
- affected 11.x before 11.5.2
References (3)
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20200717 VMware ESXi: Multiple vulnerabilities [CVE-2020-3963, CVE-2020-3964, CVE-2020-3965, CVE-2020-3960] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158459/VMware-ESXi-Use-After-Free-Out-Of-Bounds-Access.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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