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GHSA-6m9x-2xwm-463c

GitHub Security Advisory

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH Has CVE

Advisory Details

VMware ESXi (6.5 before ESXi650-201710401-BG), Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8), and Fusion (8.x before 8.5.9) contain a vulnerability that could allow an authenticated VNC session to cause a heap overflow via a specific set of VNC packets resulting in heap corruption. Successful exploitation of this issue could result in remote code execution in a virtual machine via the authenticated VNC session. Note: In order for exploitation to be possible in ESXi, VNC must be manually enabled in a virtual machine's .vmx configuration file. In addition, ESXi must be configured to allow VNC traffic through the built-in firewall.

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Key Information

GHSA ID
GHSA-6m9x-2xwm-463c
Published
May 13, 2022 1:04 AM
Last Modified
May 13, 2022 1:04 AM
CVSS Score
7.5 /10
Primary Ecosystem
Unknown
Primary Package
Unknown
GitHub Reviewed
✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: September 18, 2025 6:29 AM

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