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CVE-2022-31705 — VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion contain a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerab

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 run

CVSS
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EPSS
1.35% (top 20.10%)
CWE
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Published
2022-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-04-18T15:03:03.117Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

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…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation Pro / Player, VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (Fusion), VMware Cloud FoundationVMware ESXi (8.0 prior to ESXi80a-20842819, 7.0 prior to ESXi70U3si-20841705, VMware Workstation Pro / Player (16.x prior to 16.2.5), VMware Fusion Pro / Fusion (12.x prior to 12.2.5), VMware Cloud Foundation (4.x, 3.x)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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