CVE-2021-22040

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.7 Medium

Status

Modified - security@vmware.com

Published

2022-02-16

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Cloud Foundation (Vmware)
• Esxi (Vmware)
• Fusion (Vmware)
• Workstation Player (Vmware)
• Workstation Pro (Vmware)

References

• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0004.html