CVE-2020-3995

MediumCVSS 5.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0), the VMCI host drivers used by VMware hypervisors contain a memory leak vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine may be able to trigger a memory leak issue resulting in memory resource exhaustion on the hypervisor if the attack is sustained for extended periods of time.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-401

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion	VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0023.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 20, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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