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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2024-22255

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 2.31%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain an information disclosure vulnerability in the UHCI USB controller. A malicious actor with administrative access to a virtual machine may be able to exploit this issue to leak memory from the vmx process.  

CVSS 3.1
7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
2.31% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-770
Affected
vmware/cloud foundation · vmware/workstation · vmware/esxi · vmware/fusion
Source
security@vmware.com

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