CVE-2021-22045

VMware ESXi (7.0, 6.7 before ESXi670-202111101-SG and 6.5 before ESXi650-202110101-SG), VMware Workstation (16.2.0) and VMware Fusion (12.2.0) contains a heap-overflow vulnerability in CD-ROM device emulation. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with CD-ROM device emulation may be able to exploit this vulnerability in conjunction with other issues to execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - security@vmware.com

Published

2022-01-04

Last modified

2024-08-03

Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected products

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

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165440/VMware-Security-Advisory-2022-0001.html
• https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2022-0001.html
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-003/