CVE-2020-3970
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Shader…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before ESXi670-202004101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative local access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to crash the virtual machine's vmx process leading to a partial denial of service condition.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.8 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- vmware/cloud foundation · vmware/fusion · vmware/workstation · vmware/esxi
- Source
- security@vmware.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-782/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2020-0015.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-782/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.