CVE-2022-31705

HIGH

Vmware Workstation < 16.2.5 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 119 stars
by s0duku · poc
https://github.com/s0duku/cve-2022-31705

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 8.2
EPSS 0.0246
EPSS Percentile 85.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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 (4)
vmware/esxi 7.0 (18 CPE variants)
vmware/esxi 8.0
vmware/fusion 12.0.0 - 12.2.5
vmware/workstation 16.0.0 - 16.2.5
Published Dec 14, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026