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CVE-2024-22253

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free 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. 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.

Published

2024-03-05T18:15:47.920

Last Modified

2025-05-07T15:35:46.910

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.3 (CRITICAL)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-416
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application vmware cloud_foundation ≤ 5.0 Yes
Application vmware workstation < 17.5.1 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 7.0.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Operating System vmware esxi 8.0 Yes
Application vmware fusion < 13.5.1 Yes
Operating System apple macos - No
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