vulnerability
VMSA-2020-0029: Denial-of-Service Vulnerability due to improper input validation (CVE-2020-3999)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Dec 21, 2020 | Jan 12, 2021 | Feb 11, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 21, 2020
Added
Jan 12, 2021
Modified
Feb 11, 2025
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U1c-17325551), VMware Workstation (16.x prior to 16.0 and 15.x prior to 15.5.7), VMware Fusion (12.x prior to 12.0 and 11.x prior to 11.5.7) and VMware Cloud Foundation contain a denial of service vulnerability due to improper input validation in GuestInfo. A malicious actor with normal user privilege access to a virtual machine can crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.
Solution
vmware-esxi700-upgrade-17325551
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