CVE-2024-22252
Severity
6.7MEDIUM
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.78%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 5
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. 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:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.5 | Impact: 6.0
Affected Packages7 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
1VMware▶
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates address multiple security vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-22252, CVE-2024-22253, CVE-2024-22254, CVE-2024-22255)↗2024-03-05