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CVE-2024-22273

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CVE-2024-22273

Published: May 21, 2024

Modified: Mar 26, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.1

HIGH

Description

The storage controllers on VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion have out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability. A malicious actor with access to a virtual machine with storage controllers enabled may exploit this issue to create a denial of service condition or execute code on the hypervisor from a virtual machine in conjunction with other issues.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

VMware ESXi

affected
8.0 - < ESXi80U2sb-23305545
affected
7.0 - < ESXi70U3sq-23794019

n/a

VMware Workstation

affected
17.x - < 17.5.1

n/a

VMware Fusion

affected
13.x - < 13.5.1

n/a

VMware Cloud Foundation (ESXi)

affected
5.x - < 5.1.1
affected
4.x

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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