CVE-2024-22252 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller affecting VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion. An attacker with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine could exploit this to execute code as the VMX process on the host. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium) and could lead to code execution on the host machine, particularly for Workstation and Fusion. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 17.0.0, < 17.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1a:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:7.0:update_1b:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.