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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0022) (CVE-2023-34044)

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VMware Workstation: Vulnerability (VMSA-2023-0022) (CVE-2023-34044)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/20/2023
Created
04/26/2024
Added
04/25/2024
Modified
04/25/2024

Description

VMware Workstation( 17.x prior to 17.5) and Fusion(13.x prior to 13.5) contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that exists in the functionality for sharing host Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine may be able to read privileged information contained in hypervisor memory from a virtual machine.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-workstation-upgrade-17_5_0

References

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