CVE-2020-3947

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2020 at 05:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:19 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationFusion

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

VMware Workstation (15.x before 15.5.2) and Fusion (11.x before 11.5.2) contain a use-after vulnerability in vmnetdhcp. Successful exploitation of this issue may lead to code execution on the host from the guest or may allow attackers to create a denial-of-service condition of the vmnetdhcp service running on the host machine.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

11 ≤ v < 11.5.211.0.0 < v < 11.5.2
Affected range stops below 11.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
15 ≤ v < 15.5.2
Affected range stops below 15.5.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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