Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-22252 - Use After Free vulnerability in VMWare Esxi, Fusion and Workstation
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 34 | |
| OS | 1 | |
| Application | 8 |