CVE-2020-4004

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.41% (35th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 4.6–9.3

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v3.18.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.5 · impact 6

v3.19.3criticalAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USprimaryCWE-416US

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a Fusion≤ 11.x before 11.5.7enisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 6.5 before ESXi650-202011301-SGenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 6.7 before ESXi670-202011101-SGenisa_euvdEU
n/a VMware ESXi≤ 7.0 before ESXi70U1b-17168206enisa_euvdEU
n/a Workstation≤ 15.x before 15.5.7enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMWare Workstation15.0 → 15.5.7fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation3.0 → 3.10.1.2fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Cloud Foundation4.0 → 4.1.0.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi6.5 → ESXi650-202011301-SGfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi6.7 → ESXi670-202011101-SGfstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware ESXi7.0 → ESXi70U1b-17168206fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Fusion11.0 → 11.5.7fstec_bduRU
vmware cloud foundation3.0 → 3.10.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware cloud foundation4.0 → 4.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware esxi= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware fusion11.0 → 11.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation15.0.0 → 15.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-11-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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