CVE-2022-31696
HIGHVMware ESXi - Memory Corruption via Network Socket Handling
Title source: llmDescription
VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0030.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0069
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (9)
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.10
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.11
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.3.11
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.4
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.4.1
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.4.1.1
vmware/cloud_foundation
4.5
vmware/cloud_foundation
3.0 - 3.10
vmware/esxi
6.5 (42 CPE variants)
Published
Dec 13, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026