Description
VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a use-after vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition of the vmnetdhcp service running on the host machine.
Published: 2020-03-16
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-25212 VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a use-after vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition of the vmnetdhcp service running on the host machine.
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00546}

epss

{'score': 0.00449}


Subscriptions

Vmware Fusion Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.506Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-3947

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-16T18:15:12.463

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:32:00.870

Link: CVE-2020-3947

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses