CVE-2020-3960 (GCVE-0-2020-3960)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-09-15 12:14
Modified
2024-08-04 07:52
Severity ?
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds read vulnerability
Summary
VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-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 NVMe functionality. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine with a virtual NVMe controller present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion Version: VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5)
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