CVE-2021-22040

MEDIUM

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion - Use-After-Free in XHCI USB Controller

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.7
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 44.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation 3.0 - 3.11
vmware/esxi 6.5 (2 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi 6.7 (47 CPE variants)
Published Feb 16, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026