Heap overflow vulnerability in VMware Workstation and VMware Player - CVE-2020-3971ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:63941 | Date: (C)2020-06-24 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.0.2 or VMware Player 15.x before 15.0.2 and is prone to a heap overflow vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle vmxnet3. Successful exploitation may allow attackers with local access to a virtual machine with a vmxnet3 network adapter present may be able to read privileged information contained in physical memory.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Product: |
VMware Workstation |
VMware Player |