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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0008) (CVE-2023-20869)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

May 5, 2023

Added

May 5, 2023

Modified

Mar 30, 2026

Description

VMware Workstation (17.x) and VMware Fusion (13.x) contain a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine.

Solution

vmware-player-upgrade-17_0_2

References

CVE-2023-20869
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-20869
CWE-787
EUVD-EUVD-2023-25042
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-25042

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