vulnerability
VMSA-2020-0011: VMware ESXi contains a memory leak vulnerability in the VMCI module (CVE-2020-3959)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | May 29, 2020 | Jun 9, 2020 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
May 29, 2020
Added
Jun 9, 2020
Modified
Oct 7, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
vmware-esxi65-upgrade-16207673vmware-esxi67-upgrade-16075168
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