CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-3946

7.5 HIGH Published 2020-04-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2020-04-20
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-776

Description

InstallBuilder AutoUpdate tool and regular installers enabling <checkForUpdates> built with versions earlier than 19.11 are vulnerable to Billion laughs attack (denial-of-service).

Affected configurations

• vmware installbuilder (< 19.11.0)

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs weakness

References

https://blog.installbuilder.com/2019/12/configure-autoupdate-project-settings.html Vendor Advisory
https://blog.installbuilder.com/2019/12/configure-autoupdate-project-settings.html Vendor Advisory

CVE-2020-3946

Description

Affected configurations

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References