{"id":"CVE-2022-31693","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-31693","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:57:28.919Z","title":"VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver.","description":"VMware Tools for Windows (12.x.y prior to 12.1.5, 11.x.y and 10.x.y) contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the VM3DMP driver. A malicious actor with local user privileges in the Windows guest OS, where VMware Tools is installed, can trigger a PANIC in the VM3DMP driver leading to a denial-of-service condition in the Windows guest OS.","published":"2023-06-07T14:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:46:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@vmware.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-404"],"affected":["vmware/tools"],"epss":{"score":0.00233,"percentile":0.14076,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0009/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0009/","source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0029.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@vmware.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221223-0009/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0009/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0029.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31693","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}