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

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published Feb 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 16, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(44th percentile)

Weaknesses

Use After Free

Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2021-22040

GHSA ID

GHSA-4pf4-vf9p-vxx6

Source code

No known source code

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