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GSD-2024-22252 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

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. 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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
9.300000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
vmwarevmware_workstation17.0
n/aVMware Fusion13.x
vmwarecloud_foundation4.0
vmwarefusion13.0
vmwareesxi8.0, 0, 7.0
n/aVMware ESXi8.0 , 8.0, 7.0
n/aVMware Cloud Foundation4.x, *
n/aVMware Workstation17.x

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