CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-31705

VMware 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.

8.2 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0033.html Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3c:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3d:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_2e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1e:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3g:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_3f:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:8.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-12-14 07:15

Updated : 2022-12-19 03:43

NVD link : CVE-2022-31705

Mitre link : CVE-2022-31705

Products Affected

Vmware

Workstation

CWE
CWE-787