VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: vmware

Published: 2022-01-04T21:39:03

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:30:24.037Z

Reserved: 2021-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2021-22045

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-01-04T22:15:07.467

Modified: 2022-01-27T17:40:20.980

Link: CVE-2021-22045

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