CVE Published: 14/12/2022 |
CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 |
CVE Year: 2022 Source: vmware |
Vendor: n/a |
Product: VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud Foundation Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2022-31705 Description
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.