CVE-2020-3965

CVE-2020-3965 affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion, describing an information-leak in the XHCI USB controller that could let a local VM attacker read privileged information from hypervisor memory. Affected: ESXi 7.0 (pre-1.20.16321839), 6.7 (pre-670-202006401-SG), 6.5 (pre-650-202005401-S...

CVE-2015-1043

Affected products and component: VMware HGFS in Workstation 10.x (before 10.0.5), VMware Player 6.x (before 6.0.5), and VMware Fusion 6.x (before 6.0.5) and 7.x (before 7.0.1). Vulnerability and impact: HGFS input validation flaw that allows guest OS users to cause a guest OS denial of service. T...

CVE-2024-22267

CVE-2024-22267 affects VMware Workstation and Fusion. A use-after-free in the vbluetooth device can allow a malicious actor with local privileges inside a VM to execute code in the host VMX process. The issue is documented with high/severe impact (confidentiality/integrity/availability at risk). ...

CVE-2019-5520

CVE-2019-5520 concerns an out-of-bounds read in the 3D-acceleration feature across VMware products. Affected are VMware ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), VMware Workstation (14.x before 14.1.6 and 15.x before 15.0.3), and VMware Fusion (10.x before 10.1.6 an...

CVE-2020-3957

Summary of CVE-2020-3957 : VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5), VMware Remote Console for Mac (11.x and prior), and VMware Horizon Client for Mac (5.x and prior) contain a local privilege-escalation vulnerability caused by a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) issue in the service opener. Successfu...

CVE-2017-4902

CVE-2017-4902 refers to a Heap Buffer Overflow in SVGA that can allow a guest to execute code on the host. Affected products are: VMware ESXi 6.5 (without patch ESXi650-201703410-SG) and ESXi 5.5 (without patch ESXi550-201703401-SG); VMware Workstation Pro/Player 12.x before 12.5.5; VMware Fusion...

CVE-2020-3958

CVE-2020-3958 affects VMware products (ESXi, Workstation, Fusion): a denial-of-service in the shader functionality. A non-administrative attacker with access to a VM may crash the vmx process, causing a DoS. Affected versions include ESXi 6.7 prior to 670-202004101-SG and ESXi 6.5 prior to 650-20...

CVE-2017-4925

CVE-2017-4925 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability that occurs when handling guest RPC requests, enabling a locally authenticated attacker with normal user privileges to crash affected VMs. Affected products/versions include VMware ESXi 6.5 (without patch ESXi650-201707101-SG), 6.0 (withou...

CVE-2020-3962

VMware CVE-2020-3962 affects multiple products: ESXi (7.0 prior to 7.0.0-1.20.16321839; 6.7 prior to 202004101-SG; 6.5 prior to 202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x prior to 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x prior to 11.5.5). The root cause is a use-after-free in the SVGA device. A local attacker who has acc...

CVE-2020-3982

CVE-2020-3982 is a TOCTOU/L1 out-of-bounds write vulnerability in VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to 7.0.1-0.0.16850804; 6.7 prior to 670-202008101-SG; 6.5 prior to 650-202007101-SG) and related Workstation 15.x and Fusion 11.x (before 11.5.6). It arises from an ACPI device TOCTOU/TOC2U flaw that may let ...

CVE-2016-5330

CVE-2016-5330 describes a local privilege-escalation in VMware HGFS (Shared Folders) where a Trojan horse DLL loaded from the current working directory or other insecure paths can be executed with the rights of the affected guest/user. The vulnerability affects multiple VMware products and versio...

CVE-2010-1139

CVE-2010-1139 is a format-string vulnerability in VMware's vmrun (VMware VIX API 1.6.x) that may allow local users to execute code with the privileges of the listing user. Affected products/versions include VMware Workstation 6.5.x (before 6.5.4 build 246459), VMware Player 2.5.x (before 2.5.4 bu...

CVE-2023-20870

CVE-2023-20870 describes an out-of-bounds read in VMware Workstation/Fusion Bluetooth device sharing. Affected products are VMware Workstation 17.x and VMware Fusion 13.x prior to the fixed releases. The known impact is potential reading of privileged information from the guest’s memory. VMware’s...

CVE-2019-5542

CVE-2019-5542 affects VMware Workstation 15.x (before 15.5.1) and VMware Fusion 11.x (before 11.5.1). It is a denial‑of‑service vulnerability in the RPC handler that can be exploited by a user with normal privileges to cause a DoS on their own VM. VMware provides fixed versions: Workstation 15.5....

CVE-2018-6977

CVE-2018-6977 affects VMware ESXi (6.7/6.5/6.0), Workstation (14/15.x) and Fusion (10/11.x) via an infinite loop in a 3D shader that can cause a guest VM to become unresponsive and, in some cases, make the host/other VMs unresponsive. Public details describe a denial-of-service condition triggere...

CVE-2019-5524

CVE-2019-5524 is an out-of-bounds write in the e1000 virtual network adapter that may allow a guest to execute code on the host. Affected products per provided docs: VMware Workstation 14.x (prior to 14.1.6) and VMware Fusion 10.x (prior to 10.1.6). The issue originates from the e1000 implementat...

CVE-2019-5536

VMware CVE-2019-5536 affects multiple products: ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201908101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-201910401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.0), and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.0). Vulnerability: a denial-of-service in the shader functionality that can be triggered by a gu...

CVE-2017-4933

Summary: CVE-2017-4933 affects VMware ESXi (6.5 prior to ESXi650-201710401-BG), VMware Workstation (12.x prior to 12.5.8), and VMware Fusion (8.x prior to 8.5.9). It describes a heap overflow in the VNC component that can be triggered by a specific set of VNC packets in an authenticated VNC sessi...

CVE-2020-3959

Summary: CVE-2020-3959 affects VMware virtualization products (ESXi, Workstation, Fusion). The vulnerability is a memory leak in the VMCI module that, under local non-administrative VM access, can crash the vmx process and cause a partial denial of service. The initial description specifies affec...

CVE-2020-3969

CVE-2020-3969 is an off-by-one heap-overflow in the SVGA device affecting VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to 7.0.0-1.20.16321839; 6.7 prior to 202004101-SG; 6.5 prior to 202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5). A local attacker with access to a VM that has 3D graph...

CVE-2020-3971

VMware CVE-2020-3971 describes a heap-overflow vulnerability in the vmxnet3 virtual network adapter affecting VMware ESXi (6.7/6.5 lines; 7.0 later), Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker with local access to a VM that has a vmxnet3 adapter present may read privileged information from physical/hyp...

CVE-2024-22268

CVE-2024-22268 affects VMware Workstation and Fusion. A heap buffer-overflow in the Shader functionality can be exploited by a non-administrative attacker with access to a VM that has 3D graphics enabled to cause a denial of service. Public details from connected sources confirm affected products...

CVE-2018-6966

CVE-2018-6966 concerns VMware products: ESXi 6.7 prior to ESXi670-201806401-BG, Workstation 14.x prior to 14.1.2, and Fusion 10.x prior to 10.1.2. The issue is an out-of-bounds read in the shader translator. Exploitation may lead to information disclosure or allow attackers with normal user privi...

CVE-2019-5516

CVE-2019-5516 affects VMware products: ESXi (6.7 before ESXi670-201904101-SG; 6.5 before ESXi650-201903001), Workstation (15.x before 15.0.3; 14.x before 14.1.6), and Fusion (11.x before 11.0.3; 10.x before 10.1.6). The issue is an out-of-bounds read in the vertex shader functionality of the 3D-a...

CVE-2020-3995

CVE-2020-3995: VMware VMCI host driver memory leak in ESXi/Workstation/Fusion (affected versions listed in VMware advisories) can permit a VM-guest attacker with access to trigger memory leakage, potentially exhausting hypervisor memory during sustained attacks. Concrete details across sources sh...

CVE-2017-4904

CVE-2017-4904 concerns VMware products with uninitialized memory usage in the XHCI controller, potentially allowing a guest to execute code on the host. Affected: VMware ESXi (versions 5.5 and later) without patches ESXi650-201703410-SG, ESXi600-201703401-SG, ESXi600-201703403-SG, ESXi600-2017034...

CVE-2014-8370

CVE-2014-8370 affects VMware products including Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, Player 6.x before 6.0.5, Fusion 6.x before 6.0.5, and ESXi 5.0–5.5. The vulnerability allows host OS users to gain host privileges or cause a denial of service via an arbitrary write to a file by modifying a configura...

CVE-2019-5517

CVE-2019-5517 affects VMware products (ESXi 6.5/6.7, Workstation 14.x/15.x, Fusion 10.x/11.x) and stems from out-of-bounds reads in the shader translator used by the 3D-acceleration feature. Exploitation requires VM access with 3D graphics enabled and can lead to information disclosure or guest-V...

CVE-2020-3960

CVE-2020-3960 affects VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion with an out-of-bounds read in NVMe functionality. A local, non-admin attacker with a VM containing a virtual NVMe controller may read privileged data from physical memory. Affected products/versions include ESXi 6.7 (prior to 670-20200640...

CVE-2010-4297

CVE-2010-4297 describes an OS command injection flaw in the VMware Tools update functionality that affects multiple VMware products (Workstation, Player, Fusion, ESXi/ESX/Server, etc.). The root cause is improper validation of user-supplied input during tool update, allowing a local host user to ...

CVE-2018-6967

CVE-2018-6967 affects VMware ESXi 6.7 (before the patch ESXi670-201806401-BG), Workstation 14.x (before 14.1.2), and Fusion 10.x (before 10.1.2). The issue is an out-of-bounds read in the shader translator, which can lead to information disclosure or cause a VM crash when exploited by a user with...

CVE-2015-2341

CVE-2015-2341 affects multiple VMware desktop products via a crafted RPC command that causes DoS in a 32-bit guest or 64-bit host. Affected versions include VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.5, VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.6, and VMware Fusion 6.x before 6.0.6 and 7.x before 7.0.1. OpenVAS/NESS...

CVE-2020-3967

VMware CVE-2020-3967 is a heap-overflow vulnerability in the EHCI USB 2.0 controller across ESXi (7.0 before 7.0.0-1.20.16321839, 6.7 before 202004101-SG, 6.5 before 202005401-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5). A local attacker with VM access can exploit it to...

CVE-2020-3948

VMware Workstation (Windows host) and VMware Fusion (macOS) contain a local privilege escalation in the Virtual Printer/Cortado Thinprint path due to improper validation of a shared object file path and file permissions. Exploitation requires local access to a Linux guest VM with virtual printing...

CVE-2011-2145

CVE-2011-2145 affects VMware Tools HGFS. When a Solaris or FreeBSD guest OS is used, mount.vmhgfs in the Host/Guest File System can allow a guest OS user to write to arbitrary guest files via unspecified vectors due to a procedural error. Affected products and versions (from VMware/VMware Tools r...

CVE-2015-2340

CVE-2015-2340 affects VMware desktop products on Windows: TPInt.dll (and related TPView.dll) memory handling flaws in VMware Workstation 10.x before 10.0.6, 11.x before 11.1.1; VMware Player 6.x before 6.0.6, 7.x before 7.1.1; and VMware Horizon Client 3.2.x/3.3.x/5.x. Root cause is improper memo...

CVE-2020-3966

CVE-2020-3966 is a heap-overflow due to a race condition in the EHCI USB 2.0 controller affecting VMware ESXi (7.0 before 7.0.0-1.20.16321839; 6.7 before 202004101-SG; 6.5 before 202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2), and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2). A local attacker withi...

CVE-2014-3793

CVE-2014-3793 affects VMware Tools across VMware Workstation 10.x (<10.0.2), VMware Player 6.x (<6.0.2), VMware Fusion 6.x (

CVE-2019-5540

CVE-2019-5540 affects VMware Workstation (15.x earlier than 15.5.1) and VMware Fusion (11.x earlier than 11.5.1). The vulnerability is an information disclosure in the vmnetdhcp component that can allow a guest VM attacker to leak memory from the host process, exposing sensitive information. Acco...

CVE-2020-3968

Summary: CVE-2020-3968 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 3.0 xHCI controller across VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi_7.0.0-1.20.16321839; 6.7 before 202004101-SG; 6.5 before 202005401-SG), VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.5), and VMware Fusion (11.x before 11.5.5). A local VM adm...

CVE-2009-3281

Summary (CVE-2009-3281 / CVE-2009-3282 in VMware Fusion) VMware Fusion 2.0.5 and earlier are affected by two kernel issues in the vmx86 extension: CVE-2009-3281 (file-permission problem enabling arbitrary code execution in host kernel context by an unprivileged user) and CVE-2009-3282 (integer ov...

CVE-2020-3970

VMware CVE-2020-3970 affects ESXi (7.0 before 7.0.0-1.20.16321839; 6.7 before 202004101-SG; 6.5 before 202005401-SG), Workstation 15.x before 15.5.5, and Fusion 11.x before 11.5.5. It is an out-of-bounds read in the Shader functionality that can be triggered by a local user with non-administrativ...

CVE-2023-34046

VMware Fusion TOCTOU local privilege escalation (CVE-2023-34046) affects Fusion 13.x prior to 13.5 during initial installation or upgrade. A local non-administrative user can escalate privileges to root on the host. VMware’s VMSA-2023-0022 and accompanying resources specify a fixed version of 13....

CVE-2010-1142

CVE-2010-1142 affects VMware Tools across multiple VMware products (Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4, Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4, ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.4, Server 2.x before 2.0.2, Fusion 2.x before 2.0.6, ESXi/ESX family) where Windows guest users could gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse on th...

CVE-2012-1518

The CVE-2012-1518 issue affects VMware products due to an incorrect ACL on the VMware Tools folder that could let a guest OS user escalate privileges. Affected products/versions include VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.2, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.2, VMware Fusion 4.x before 4.1.2, VMware ESX...

CVE-2016-7461

CVE-2016-7461 affects VMware desktop products via a drag-and-drop (DnD) and copy-paste (CnP) memory handling bug in the DnD/CnP RPC path. The issue allows a guest OS user to execute arbitrary code on the host or cause a host DoS through an out-of-bounds memory access. Affected: VMware Workstation...

CVE-2014-1208

CVE-2014-1208 affects VMware products including Workstation 9.x (before 9.0.1), Player 5.x (before 5.0.1), Fusion 5.x (before 5.0.1), ESXi 4.0–5.1, and ESX 4.0–4.1. Root cause: handling of invalid port in VMX/ NFC path leads to guest-user–triggered denial of service (VMX process disruption). Impa...

CVE-2019-5541

CVE-2019-5541 describes an out-of-bounds write in the e1000e virtual network adapter affecting VMware Workstation 15.x before 15.5.1 and VMware Fusion 11.x before 11.5.1. The root cause is improper handling in the e1000e device, enabling potential host code execution from the guest or a denial-of...

CVE-2009-1805

CVE-2009-1805 concerns the VMware Descheduled Time Accounting DoS vulnerability. The issue affects multiple VMware products where the Descheduled Time Accounting Service is not running inside a Windows guest, allowing a guest OS user to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors. Affected prod...

CVE-2011-1787

The CVE-2011-1787 issue is a race condition in VMware HGFS (mount.vmhgfs) within the Host-Guest File System. Affected products include VMware Workstation 7.1.x (prior to 7.1.4), VMware Player 3.1.x (prior to 3.1.4), VMware Fusion 3.1.x (prior to 3.1.3), VMware ESXi 3.5–4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3–4...