Vulnerability · Published Dec 14, 2022 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2022-31705
High 8.2
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds write in VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud Foundation | VMware 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) |
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H