CVE-2023-20872

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CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

<1%p57

Published

Apr 25, 2023 (Apr 25, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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

Vendors: vmware
Products: fusion, workstation
Weakness: CWE-787
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.9%)

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