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…

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 a heap-overflow vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine 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

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.49% · top 57% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• Heap-overflow vulnerability
• CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs

Affected products

• VMware · VMware ESXi

  • affected 7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839
  • affected 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG
  • affected 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG

• VMware · Workstation

  • affected 15.x before 15.5.5

• VMware · Fusion

  • affected 11.x before 11.5.5

References (2)

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-784/ (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2020-3967](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2020-3967.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2020-3967)

Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 07:52 UTC.