CVE-2021-22040

CWE-416 — Use After Free4 documents4 sources

Severity

6.7MEDIUM

EPSS

0.7%

top 28.81%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

Vmware Cloud Foundation Vmware Fusion Vmware Workstation Player +2 more

Timeline

PublishedFeb 16

Latest updateFeb 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDvmware/fusion12.0.0 — 12.2.1

▶NVDvmware/workstation_pro16.0.0 — 16.2.1

▶NVDvmware/workstation_player16.0.0 — 16.2.1

▶NVDvmware/esxi6.5, 6.7, 7.0+2

▶NVDvmware/cloud_foundation3.0 — 3.11+1

Patches

Patch: www.vmware.com ↗Patch: www.vmware.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-4pf4-vf9p-vxx6: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller↗2022-02-17

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CVEList

CVE-2021-22040: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller↗2022-02-16

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📋Vendor Advisories

VMware

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-22040, CVE-2021-22041, CVE-2021-22042, CVE-2021-22043, CVE-2021-22050)↗2022-02-15

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