CVE-2024-22253
Use-after-free vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.3 Critical
- Published
- Mar 5, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 8, 2024
Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI 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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.3 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | vmware |
Weaknesses
- CWE-416 Use After Free
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
VMware ESXin/a |
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VMware Workstationn/a |
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VMware Fusionn/a |
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VMware Cloud Foundationn/a |
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References
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