CVE-2024-22252: Use-after-free vulnerability
Vmware · VMware ESXi
Vendor fix available · Affected: VMware ESXi · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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DescriptionCVE.org
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain 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. On ESXi, the exploitation is contained within the VMX sandbox whereas, on Workstation and Fusion, this may lead to code execution on the machine where Workstation or Fusion is installed.
Affected products4
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- VMware ESXifrom 8.0 before ESXi80U2sb-23305545; from 8.0 before ESXi80U1d-23299997; from 7.0 before ESXi70U3p-23307199
- VMware Workstationfrom 17.x before 17.5.1
- VMware Fusionfrom 13.x before 13.5.1
- VMware Cloud Foundation5.x; 4.x
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Vmware
- Published
- March 2024
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