Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-3971

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2) contain a heap overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
Published 2020-06-25 15:15:12
Updated 2020-07-01 17:43:55
Source VMware
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2020-3971

Threat overview for CVE-2020-3971

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2020-3971
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 443
IPs affected by CVE-2020-3971 59,333
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-3971

EPSS FAQ
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 24 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-3971

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
2.1
 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
3.9
2.9
 NIST
5.5
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1.8
3.6
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2020-3971

  • The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2020-3971

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