CVE-2024-22253

CRITICAL EXPLOITED RANSOMWARE

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion - Use After Free

Title source: llm

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free 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. 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.3
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation Intel

VulnCheck KEV 2024-09-11
Ransomware Use Confirmed

Classification

CWE
CWE-416
Status published

Affected Products (37)

vmware/esxi
vmware/cloud_foundation < 5.0
vmware/workstation < 17.5.1
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
vmware/esxi
... and 22 more

Timeline

Published Mar 05, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026