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.
Analysis
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| n/a | VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion | affected |
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Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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 EUVD |
EUVD-2020-25260 | 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. |
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History
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.561Z
Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-3995
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2020-10-20T17:15:13.043
Modified: 2026-06-17T03:19:23.980
Link: CVE-2020-3995
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses