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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0010) (CVE-2024-22268)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2024-0010) (CVE-2024-22268)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/14/2024
Created
06/14/2024
Added
06/14/2024
Modified
06/17/2024

Description

VMware Workstation and Fusion contain a heap buffer-overflow vulnerability in the Shader functionality. A malicious actor with non-administrative access to a virtual machine with 3D graphics enabled may be able to exploit this vulnerability to create a denial of service condition.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-17_5_2

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