VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: vmware
Published: 2022-12-14T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-03T07:26:00.982Z
Reserved: 2022-05-25T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2022-31705
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2022-12-14T19:15:13.197
Modified: 2024-11-21T07:05:10.597
Link: CVE-2022-31705
Redhat
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