CVE-2022-31705
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...
- Published
- Dec 14, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 18, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- vmware
- Evidence observed
- Aug 4, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 73.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1CVE-2022-31705 (Geekpwn 2022 Vmware EHCI OOB) POC
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