fkie_cve-2020-3999
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2020-12-21 16:15
Modified
2025-08-08 10:32
Severity ?
Summary
VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U1c-17325551), VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.0 and 15.x prior to 15.5.7), VMware Fusion (12.x prior to 12.0 and 11.x prior to 11.5.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation contain a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. A malicious actor with normal user privilege access to a virtual machine can crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.
References
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| security@vmware.com | https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0029.html | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0029.html | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
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