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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0033) (CVE-2022-31705)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2022-0033) (CVE-2022-31705)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/14/2022
Created
05/10/2023
Added
05/05/2023
Modified
05/05/2023

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the USB 2.0 controller (EHCI). 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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-16_2_5

References

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