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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-25264 | 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. |
References
History
Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.757Z
Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2020-3999
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-12-21T16:15:13.177
Modified: 2025-08-08T10:32:53.753
Link: CVE-2020-3999
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD