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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2020-0015) (CVE-2020-3963)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2020-0015) (CVE-2020-3963)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/25/2020
Created
07/03/2020
Added
07/02/2020
Modified
07/06/2020

Description

VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202006401-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 use-after-free vulnerability in PVNVRAM. A malicious actor with local access to a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-15_5_2

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