CVE-2021-22041

4 documents4 sources
Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 16
Latest updateFeb 17

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch 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.

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 Packages4 packages

NVDvmware/fusion12.0.012.2.1
NVDvmware/workstation16.0.016.2.1
NVDvmware/esxi6.5, 6.7, 7.0+2
NVDvmware/cloud_foundation3.03.11+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vxpr-pv2v-9c9w: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller2022-02-17
CVEList
CVE-2021-22041: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller2022-02-16

📋Vendor Advisories

1
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
CVE-2021-22041 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.7) | VMware ESXi | cvebase.io