vulnerability
VMSA-2020-0023: VMCI host driver memory leak vulnerability (CVE-2020-3995)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Oct 20, 2020 | Oct 23, 2020 | Oct 7, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 20, 2020
Added
Oct 23, 2020
Modified
Oct 7, 2025
Description
In VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202007101-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.1.0), Fusion (11.x before 11.1.0), the VMCI host drivers used by VMware hypervisors contain a memory leak vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine may be able to trigger a memory leak issue resulting in memory resource exhaustion on the hypervisor if the attack is sustained for extended periods of time.
Solutions
vmware-esxi65-upgrade-16901156vmware-esxi67-upgrade-16773714
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