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CVE-2022-31696

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Publication date:
13/12/2022
Last modified:
22/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

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

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
8.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.0 (including) 3.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0 (including) 4.3.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:3.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:3.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201701001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201703002:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201704001:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esxi:6.5:650-201707101:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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