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CVE-2024-22253

CRITICAL
Published 2024-03-05T17:57:27.297Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
9.3
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2023.03.01
0.000
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-01-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.114
Higher than 11.4% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

vmware

esxi

Affected Versions:

8.0 8.0 7.0
vmware

vmware_workstation

Affected Versions:

17.0
vmware

fusion

Affected Versions:

13.0
vmware

cloud_foundation

Affected Versions:

4.0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-57rg-p28x-x2f6

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22253
WEB https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 5, 2024, Modified: May 7, 2025

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html
Published: 2024-03-05T17:57:27.297Z
Last Modified: 2024-08-16T19:12:32.633Z
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