CVE-2024-22252
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI 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.
- 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
- 3.54% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- vmware/workstation · vmware/esxi · vmware/fusion
- Source
- security@vmware.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.