CVE-2022-31705

Summary

CVECVE-2022-31705
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-12-14 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-12-19 15:43:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X - All All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 - All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 beta All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1a All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1b All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1c All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1d All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_1e All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_2 All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_2a All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_2c All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_2d All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_2e All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_3c All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_3d All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_3e All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_3f All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 7.0 update_3g All All
Operating System Vmware Esxi 8.0 - All All
Application Vmware Fusion All All All All
Application Vmware Workstation All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
VMSA-2022-0033 MISC www.vmware.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 216301 VMware ESXi 7.0 Patch Release ESXi70U3si-20841705 Missing (VMSA-2022-0033)
  • 216302 VMware ESXi 8.0 Patch Release ESXi80a-20842819 Missing (VMSA-2022-0033)
  • 377837 VMware Workstation Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0033)
  • 377839 VMware Fusion Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0033)
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