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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.3 Critical

CVE-2024-22253

Use-after-free vulnerability

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
vmware

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the UHCI 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

n/a VMware ESXi

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8.0 to < ESXi80U2sb-23305545affected
  • 8.0 to < ESXi80U1d-23299997affected
  • 7.0 to < ESXi70U3p-23307199affected

n/a VMware Workstation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 17.x to < 17.5.1affected

n/a VMware Fusion

Default version status: unaffected

  • 13.x to < 13.5.1affected

n/a VMware Cloud Foundation

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5.xaffected
  • 4.xaffected

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