Description
VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a double-fetch vulnerability in the UHCI 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
0.0046
EPSS Percentile
64.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (3)
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.0 - 3.11
vmware/esxi
6.5 650-202202401
vmware/esxi
6.7 (48 CPE variants)
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026