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Medium severity · published May 14, 2024
CVE-2024-22268
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to a virtual machine with…
6.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FU
Fusion · Vmware
13.0.0 before 13.5.2 · source: NVD
WO
Workstation · Vmware
17.0.0 before 17.5.2 · source: NVD
Affected product
FU
Fusion
Vmware
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22268
Vendor Advisory
https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24280
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