CVE-2022-31705

Severity
8.2HIGH
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 14

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.5 | Impact: 6.0

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDvmware/fusion12.0.012.2.5
NVDvmware/workstation16.0.016.2.5
NVDvmware/esxi7.0, 8.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
CVEList
CVE-2022-31705: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 22022-12-14
GHSA
GHSA-jx8f-jjvw-f6vf: VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 22022-12-14

📋Vendor Advisories

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VMware
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2022-31705)2022-12-13
CVE-2022-31705 (HIGH CVSS 8.2) | VMware ESXi | cvebase.io