High severity · published Mar 5, 2024
CVE-2024-22255
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…
7.1
CVSS
2.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.3% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ES
ESXi · VMware
7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +28 more · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 through 5.0 · source: NVD
FU
Fusion · Vmware
13.0.0 before 13.5.1 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
17.0.0 before 17.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22255
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22255
Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2024-0006.html
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