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

published 2023-04-25 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-25045

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-02-04)

Exploit prediction

0.87% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

n/a VMware Workstation Pro / Player (Workstation) and VMware Fusion

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Technology feeds

VMware rss critical rss

References

vmware.com /security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-20872
NVD CVE-2023-20872

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Summary