High severity · published May 21, 2024
CVE-2024-22273
The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage…
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 6% 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; +29 more · source: NVD
CF
Cloud Foundation · Vmware
4.0 before 5.1.1 · 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
Affected product
ES
ESXi
VMware
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