Vulnerability · Published Mar 5, 2024 · Assigned by vmware
CVE-2024-22253Use-after-free vulnerability
Critical 9.3
In plain English
A critical-severity use-after-free in 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 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI 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 products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | VMware ESXi | 8.0 – before ESXi80U2sb-233055458.0 – before ESXi80U1d-232999977.0 – before ESXi70U3p-23307199 |
| 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 | 5.x4.x |
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H