CVE-2024-22252

Summary

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. 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 ESXi8.0 < ESXi80U2sb-23305545affected
n/aVMware ESXi8.0 < ESXi80U1d-23299997affected
n/aVMware ESXi7.0 < ESXi70U3p-23307199affected
n/aVMware Workstation17.x < 17.5.1affected
n/aVMware Fusion13.x < 13.5.1affected
n/aVMware Cloud Foundation5.xaffected
n/aVMware Cloud Foundation4.xaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

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

References