VMware Workstation/Fusion OOB R/W in SCSI CD/DVD Emulation
CVE-2023-20872 Published on April 25, 2023
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in SCSI CD/DVD device emulation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-20872 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
What is a Memory Corruption Vulnerability?
The software writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Typically, this can result in corruption of data, a crash, or code execution. The software may modify an index or perform pointer arithmetic that references a memory location that is outside of the boundaries of the buffer. A subsequent write operation then produces undefined or unexpected results.
CVE-2023-20872 has been classified to as a Memory Corruption vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-20872
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Exploit Probability
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