CVE-2020-3971 Memory corruption in Fusion
A heap overflow in the vmxnet3 adapter allows local attackers to read privileged physical memory information from the host.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-3971?
CVE-2020-3971 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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 (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201907101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.2), and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.2) contain a heap overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-3971?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Vmware Cloud Foundation, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2020-3971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-3971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2020-3971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-3971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vvr-23q8-x3qg.