CVE-2024-22273

HIGH

VMware ESXi, Workstation, Fusion - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.

References (1)

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24308

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 53.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-125 CWE-787

Status published

Affected Products (38)

vmware/cloud_foundation < 5.1.1

vmware/workstation < 17.5.1

vmware/esxi

... and 23 more

Timeline

Published May 21, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026