CVE-2020-3966 Race condition in Fusion

High 7.5 Published Updated

A race condition in the USB controller allows local attackers to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-3966?

CVE-2020-3966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vmware Cloud Foundation, published on 25 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a heap-overflow due to a race condition issue in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this vulnerability to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine. Additional conditions beyond the attacker's control must be present for exploitation to be possible.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3966?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2020-3966?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3966 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-3966 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3966 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Vmware Cloud Foundation vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2f4r-pfx3-8hjj.

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