CVE-2022-31696

Summary

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aVMware ESXi, VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)affected

Weaknesses

  • Memory corruption vulnerability

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References