CVE-2020-3958

Description

VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability in the shader functionality. Successful exploitation of this issue may allow attackers with non-administrative access to a virtual machine to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a denial of service condition.

References

Link	Tags
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0011.html	vendor advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0957	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-3958?: CVE-2020-3958 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-3958?: To fix CVE-2020-3958, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-3958 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-3958 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-3958?: CVE-2020-3958 affects VMware VMware ESXi, VMware VMware Workstation, VMware VMware Fusion.

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Description

Category

CWE-617 – Reachable Assertion

References

Frequently Asked Questions