CVE-2023-20870 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine.

Published: 2023-04-25

Score: 6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) and VMware Fusion

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`VMware Workstation (17.x) and VMware Fusion (13.x)`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation::::::::

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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-2023-25043	VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00051.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Vmware Fusion Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2023-04-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-04T17:13:12.192Z

Reserved: 2022-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-20870

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:32.431Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-25T22:15:09.463

Modified: 2025-02-04T18:15:33.077

Link: CVE-2023-20870

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-125

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