Vulnerability · Published May 21, 2024 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2024-22273
High 8.1
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds read in VMware Cloud Foundation (ESXi). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware ESXi | 8.0 – before ESXi80U2sb-233055457.0 – before ESXi70U3sq-23794019 |
| n/a | VMware Workstation | 17.x – before 17.5.1 |
| n/a | VMware Fusion | 13.x – before 13.5.1 |
| n/a | VMware Cloud Foundation (ESXi) | 5.x – before 5.1.14.x |
Weakness: CWE-125, CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H