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CVE-2020-3960

HighCVSS 8.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 15, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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CVE-2020-3960: High severity, CVSS 8.4 | Vulnix