Description
VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.5.7) contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
Published: 2020-11-20
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-25269 VMware ESXi (7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206, 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SG, 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SG), Workstation (15.x before 15.5.7), Fusion (11.x before 11.5.7) contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host.
History

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X
Vmware Cloud Foundation Esxi Fusion Workstation
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T07:52:20.492Z

Reserved: 2019-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-4004

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-20T20:15:13.147

Modified: 2025-10-31T11:44:38.620

Link: CVE-2020-4004

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses