CVE-2023-20872 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in SCSI CD/DVD device emulation.

Published: 2023-04-25

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: 1.1% 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 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:17.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-25045	VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in SCSI CD/DVD device emulation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01108.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

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

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X

Vmware Fusion Workstation

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

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

Updated: 2025-02-04T16:39:20.562Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-20872

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:32.874Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-04-25T21:15:10.073

Modified: 2025-02-04T17:15:10.890

Link: CVE-2023-20872

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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