VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-22041

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller.

MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.57%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.57%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch 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.

CVSS 3.1: 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.57% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Affected: vmware/cloud foundation · vmware/fusion · vmware/workstation · vmware/esxi
Source: security@vmware.com

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.