CVE-2022-31705
Severity
8.2HIGH
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.90%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
1VMware▶
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability (CVE-2022-31705)↗2022-12-13