CVE-2022-31705

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/aVMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi (8.0 prior to ESXi80a-20842819, 7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, VMware Workstation Pro / Player (16.x prior to 16.2.5), VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (12.x prior to 12.2.5), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)affected

Weaknesses

  • Heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References