CVE-2022-31696

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Vmware Esxi, Vmware Cloud Foundation
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 December 2022

Summary

VMware ESXi contains a memory corruption vulnerability that exists in the way it handles a network socket. A malicious actor with local access to ESXi may exploit this issue to corrupt memory leading to an escape of the ESXi sandbox.

Affected Version(s)

VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation VMware ESXi (7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, 6.7 prior to ESXi670-202210101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-202210101-SG), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

References

https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0030...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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