VMware Fusion 11.5.7 Release Notes

VMware Fusion 11.5.7 | 19 November 2020 | Build 17130923

What's in the Release Notes

The release notes cover the following topics:

• About VMware Fusion
• System Requirements
• What's New
• Important Fixes
• Prior Releases
• Resolved Issues
• Known Issues

About VMware Fusion

VMware Fusion® 11 is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable way to run Windows and other x86 based operating systems on a Mac without rebooting.

For more information, see the broader VMware Fusion documentation.

System Requirements

• Hardware
  All Macs launched in 2012 or later are supported except for the following:

  • 2012 Mac Pro Quad Core using the Intel® Xeon® W3565 Processor.

  The following are also supported with a recommended graphic card that supports Metal:

  • 2010 Mac Pro Six Core, Eight Core, and Twelve Core.

• Software
  Supports only macOS 10.14 Mojave or macOS 10.15 Catalina hosts.

What's New

This release of VMware Fusion is a free upgrade for all VMware Fusion 11 users. This release provides the following:

• Performance improvements, bug fixes and security updates.

Important Fixes

This release of VMware Fusion addresses the following issues:

• VMware Fusion contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may exploit this issue to execute code as the virtual machine's VMX process running on the host. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2020-4004 to this issue. See VMSA-2020-0026 for more information.

• VMware Fusion contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to the way it allows configuring the system wide path. An attacker with normal user privileges may exploit this issue to trick an admin user into executing malicious code on the system where VMware Fusion is installed. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the identifier CVE-2020-3980 to this issue. See VMSA-2020-0020.1 for more information.

The entitlements related security improvements have been implemented as suggested by Csaba Fitzl (@theevilbit).

Prior Releases

Features and Known Issues from prior releases of VMware Fusion 11 are described in the release notes for each release. To view the release notes for a prior release, click the appropriate link:

• VMware Fusion 11.5.6
• VMware Fusion 11.5.5
• VMware Fusion 11.5.3
• VMware Fusion 11.5.2
• VMware Fusion 11.5.1
• VMware Fusion 11.5.0
• VMware Fusion 11.1.1
• VMware Fusion 11.1.0
• VMware Fusion 11.0.3
• VMware Fusion 11.0.2
• VMware Fusion 11.0.1
• VMware Fusion 11

Resolved Issues

• Some USB devices are not recognized in the macOS virtual machine

  The user is unable to use the USB devices in the macOS virtual machine.

  This issue is resolved.

• Some UAS capable devices are not recognized in virtual machine

  The user is unable to use the UAS capable devices in virtual machine.

  This issue is resolved.