CVE-2023-20872

highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.009 · 59 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.87% (59th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability in SCSI CD/DVD device emulation.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2 · impact 6

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-787US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

ze0r/vmware-escape-CVE-2023-20872-pocze0r/vmware-escape-CVE-2023-20872-pocPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) and VMware Fusion≤ VMware Workstation (17.x) and VMware Fusion (13.x)enisa_euvdEU
Broadcom Inc. VMWare Workstation≤ 17.0.1fstec_bduRU
Broadcom Inc. VMware Fusion≤ 13.0.0fstec_bduRU
vmware fusion= 13.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation= 17.0.0nvdUScpe: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 2023-04-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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