Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-31696 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in VMWare Esxi 6.5/6.7

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

• CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds Write

References