CVE-2024-22252
Use-after-free vulnerability
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in ESXi80U2sb-23305545, ESXi80U1d-23299997, ESXi70U3p-23307199, 17.5.1, 13.5.1
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI 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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- n/a VMware ESXi
From 8.0 · fixed in ESXi80U2sb-23305545; From 8.0 · fixed in ESXi80U1d-23299997; From 7.0 · fixed in ESXi70U3p-23307199
- n/a VMware Workstation
From 17.x · fixed in 17.5.1
- n/a VMware Fusion
From 13.x · fixed in 13.5.1
- n/a VMware Cloud Foundation
5.x, 4.x