Name: CVE-2020-3959: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2020-05-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2020-3959, CWE-401, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.00096

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0) contain a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module. A malicious actor with local non-administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Vmsa 2020 0011	—	Upgrade VMware ESXi 6.5 to build number 16207673Upgrade VMware ESXi 6.7 to build number 16075168	Jun 9, 2020	May 29, 2020

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CVSS Details

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