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CVE-2021-22040

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
16/02/2022
Last modified:
24/02/2022

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
6.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (including) 3.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0 (including) 4.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 12.0.0 (including) 12.2.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0.0 (including) 16.2.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0.0 (including) 16.2.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-202202401:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201806001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201807001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201808001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810101:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810102:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.7:670-201810103:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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