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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2024-22252 EUVD-2024-19821GHSA-4xp8-3mc6-r83c

Use-after-free vulnerability

Published Mar 5, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2025 · Assigned by vmware

Description

VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the XHCI USB controller. 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— VMware ESXi 8.0 – < ESXi80U2sb-23305545, 8.0 – < ESXi80U1d-23299997, 7.0 – < ESXi70U3p-23307199 ESXi80U2sb-23305545
— VMware Workstation 17.x – < 17.5.1 17.5.1
— VMware Fusion 13.x – < 13.5.1 13.5.1
— VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x, 4.x —

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