CVE-2022-31681

MEDIUM

VMware ESXi < 7.0 - Denial of Service via Null-Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm

Description

VMware ESXi contains a null-pointer deference vulnerability. A malicious actor with privileges within the VMX process only, may create a denial of service condition on the host.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0025.html

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 32.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Products (6)

vmware/cloud_foundation 4.4

vmware/cloud_foundation 4.4.1

vmware/cloud_foundation 4.4.1.1

vmware/cloud_foundation 4.2 - 4.3.1.1

vmware/esxi 7.0 (16 CPE variants)

vmware/esxi < 7.0

Published Oct 07, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026