PT-2023-7462 · Vmware · Vmware Fusion+1

Published 2023-04-25 · Updated 2026-02-27 · CVE-2023-20870

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.0

Medium

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware Workstation (affected versions not specified) VMware Fusion (affected versions not specified)

Description VMware Workstation and Fusion have an out-of-bounds read issue in the Bluetooth device sharing functionality. This allows an attacker to potentially gain unauthorized access to protected information. The issue involves a buffer overflow in memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-08505

CVE-2023-20870

ZDI-23-521

Affected Products

Vmware Fusion

Vmware Workstation

References · 28

• https://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2023-0008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-20870 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-20870 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-521 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-08505 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/0xor0ne/status/2006395330896527606 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/0xor0ne/status/2026333905154916540 · Twitter Post
• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2005315 · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1p9mbgi/top_10_trending_cves_29112025 · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/109952 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/0xor0ne/status/1993711910190031157 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/alexjplaskett/status/1973691599898231010 · Twitter Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1ohaete/top_10_trending_cves_27102025 · Reddit Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/62875 · Telegram Post
• https://reddit.com/r/CVEWatch/comments/1rf78b8/top_10_trending_cves_26022026 · Reddit Post